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NATIONAL MUSEUM INSTITUTE OF HISTORY OF ART, CNSERVATON AND MUSEOLOGY The urgent need to initiate advanced studies in the areas of History of Art, Conservation, and Museology has been discussed for years and the first step was taken in 1983, when diploma and post graduate diploma courses in history of international and modern art and their sources and restoration of oil paintings were initiated in National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. In the year 1985, the programme was shifted to National Museum and its scope was expanded to include teaching of history of art, covering both ancient and modern, Eastern and Western. The programme of restoration of oil paintings was also widened to include the restoration of other works of art of organic and inorganic material. With a view that the students can benefit and make a career out of these advanced studies and because of the fact that mere diplomas may not make them eligible to apply and compete for various posts in the museums, galleries

NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART The idea of a national art gallery was first mooted in 1949. It was nurtured carefully by Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and Maulana Azad, bureaucrats like Humayun Kabir and an active art community. Vice president Dr S. Radhakrishanan formally inaugurated the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) on March 29, 1954. The choice of Jaipur House, one of the premier edifices of Lutyens’ Delhi, signified the envisaged high profile of the institution. Designed by Sir Arthur Bloomfield, as a residence for the Maharaja of Jaipur, the butterfly-shaped building with a central dome was built in 1936. It was styled after a concept of the Central Hexagon visualised by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Alongwith buildings designed for other princely potentates like Bikaner and Hyderabad, Jaipur House girded the India Gate circle. It has branches in Bangalore and Mumbai. Its collection of more than 1700 works by 2000 plus artists , which includes artists such as Thomas Daniell, Raj