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Even as the central government has ordered the closure of the Government Printing Press in Sector 18, the Chandigarh administration has sped up the work to convert the building into a museum of heritage furniture and vintage cars.
Even as the central government has ordered the closure of the Government Printing Press in Sector 18, the Chandigarh administration has sped up the work to convert the building into a museum of heritage furniture and vintage cars.
UT adviser Manoj Parida said the administration has received three bids to convert the building into a museum and they would soon hold a meeting with the bidders to take the project forward.
Requesting anonymity, a senior UT official said the museum would also aid the administration’s efforts to check the sale of heritage furniture abroad. In the wake of the administration drawing flak over the frequent sale of such furniture abroad, it had recently prepared an action plan to check these auctions. The Heritage Protection Cell of the administration had also suggested that the government press building be converted into a heritage furniture museum, he said.
The official further said the UT administration would also display vintage cars owned by private people in the city at the museum. It would work out modalities with such car owners for displaying their vehicles there, the official added.
The UT administration has prepared an inventory of as many as 2,793 heritage items belonging to Chandigarh, which have been divided into 190 categories. These include furniture, tapestry, drawings and other items, which were designed, made, and used by city’s creator French architect Le Corbusier, his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and others associated with the founding and planning of Chandigarh in the 1950s and 60s.
The UT Government Museum and Art Gallery in Chandigarh also has possession of a large number of heritage items, including furniture, drawings, and murals, among others, made by Corbusier and his associates. Besides, the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat, Punjab and Haryana Vidhan Sabha and the Punjab and Haryana high court also have huge stocks of heritage furniture, including chairs and tables.
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