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{{Infobox museum
| name = Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum
| native_name = Rāṣṭrapati Bhavana Saṁgrahālaya
| native_name_lang = ISO 15919
| logo = Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum logo.png
| logo_caption = Logo of Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum
| image = 
| caption =
| map_type = India New Delhi
| map_caption = Location of Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum in Delhi
| established = {{Start date and age|2014|07|25}}<ref name=ATK/AK>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=147698|title= President Mukherjee completes four years in office|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]|date=25 July 2016}}</ref>
| location = [[Raisina Hill]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|28|36|52|N|77|11|59|E|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Biographical museum]]
| accreditation = [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]]
| key_holdings = {{ubl|[[Constitution of India]]|Various belongings of the presidents|Presidential banners|[[Bas-relief]] of all Indian presidents|Gallery of Freedom Struggle}}
| collections = [[Historical]]
| founder = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| director = Kumar Samresh
| curator = Pankaj Potim Bordoloi<ref name=HindustanTimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/meet-rashtrapati-bhavan-s-museologist/story-S66wZvQ2tGQAUwTt0idcHJ.html|title=Meet Rashtrapati Bhavan's museologist|date=25 June 2016|last=Laha|first=Rozelle}}</ref>
| historian = Saroj Ghosh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/the-rashtrapati-bhavan-museums-tryst-with-augmented-reality/|title=The Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum's tryst with augmented reality|date=12 August 2016|last=Kelkar|first=Gauri}}</ref>
| owner = [[President of India]]
| publictransit = [[Central Secretariat metro station]]
| website = {{url|https://museum.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in/|Official website}}
}}

'''Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum''' ([[ISO 15919|ISO]]: {{IAST|Rāṣṭrapati Bhavana Saṁgrahālaya}} {{Literal translation|Presidential Palace Museum}}) is a public [[biographical museum]] located on the [[Raisina Hill|Raisina hill]] of [[New Delhi]] dedicated to the [[List of presidents of India|presidents of India]]  from its [[Republic Day (India)|establishment as a republic]] to present day. It was established on 25 July 2014 by [[Pranab Mukherjee]], who [[Presidency of Pranab Mukherjee|served]] as the [[president of India]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-07-25 |title=President opens museum at Rashtrapathi Bhavan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/President-Pranab-Mukherjee-opens-museum-at-Rashtrapathi-Bhavan/article60063622.ece |access-date=2024-08-19 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> As the first underground museum of [[India]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum in Delhi is now open ! |url=https://creativeyatra.com/culture/the-rashtrapati-bhavan-museum-is-now-open-to-visitors-and-we-cant-wait-to-walk-in/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=creativeyatra.com}}</ref> it was opened for the public on 24 July 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chatterji |first=Saubhrata |date=24 July 2016 |title=Rashtrapati Bhavan museum ready to welcome visitors: 10 key attractions |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rashtrapati-bhavan-museum-ready-to-welcome-visitors-10-attractions-of-phase-2/story-UqtexFwWsQUB0B32DfiRMM.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819140058/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rashtrapati-bhavan-museum-ready-to-welcome-visitors-10-attractions-of-phase-2/story-UqtexFwWsQUB0B32DfiRMM.html |archive-date=19 August 2024 |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

The museum contains artifacts and information surrounding the position of the president of India as well as the people who held the office. Aside from the presidents, it also displays information about the [[Prime Ministers of India|prime ministers of India]], the establishment of New Delhi during the [[British Raj|colonial rule]], [[Delhi Durbar]], the [[Indian independence movement]], the [[partition of India]] and drafting of the [[Constitution of India|Indian constitution]]. The museum uses tools like [[Virtual reality|virtual]] and [[augmented reality]], interactive digital cascading tables, [[Video wall|video walls]], three-dimensional [[Stereoscopy|stereoscopic]] projections, [[Holographic projection|holographic projections]], and sound-light-video synchronized stage settings to display information.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us {{!}} President of India |url=https://museum.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in/about_us |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=museum.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in |archive-date=1 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901180249/https://museum.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in/about_us |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== History ==

=== Phase-I ===

On 25 July 2014,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-07-25 |title=India's story retold at new Rashtrapati Bhavan cultural museum |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/indias-story-retold-at-new-rashtrapati-bhavan-cultural-museum/article6248796.ece |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> upon completing two years of his tenure, [[President of India|Indian president]] [[Pranab Mukherjee]] inaugurated a museum with fiber glass statues of all the former presidents in the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-19 |title=President opens museum at Rashtrapathi Bhavan - The Hindu |website=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/President-Pranab-Mukherjee-opens-museum-at-Rashtrapathi-Bhavan/article60063622.ece |access-date=2024-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819132703/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/President-Pranab-Mukherjee-opens-museum-at-Rashtrapathi-Bhavan/article60063622.ece |archive-date=19 August 2024 }}</ref> Built at a cost of {{INRConvert|80|c|year=2014}}, it was inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-24 |title=80 करोड़ की लागत से राष्ट्रपति भवन में बना हाईटेक म्यूजियम, पीएम मोदी करेंगे उद्घाटन |url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/story/pm-narendra-modi-will-be-inaugurated-new-high-tech-museum-on-history-of-rashtrapati-bhavan-376981-2016-07-24 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref>
{{Quote|text=I dedicate the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum to the nation. I am sure this museum will enable the people of our nation obtain an inside view of Rashtrapati Bhavan, its art, architecture and vibrant community as well as educate them on the lives of various Presidents.|author=Pranab Mukherjee|title=on the inauguration of the museum|source=Press Information Bureau<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107498|title=President of India dedicates Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum to the Nation}}</ref>}}

Apart from the inauguration of the museum, the completion of the second year of his presidency was also celebrated with a dinner for the council of ministers and the release of three books.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-07-21 |title=Rashtrapati Bhavan to get new museum on July 25 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rashtrapati-bhavan-to-get-new-museum-on-july-25/article6234773.ece |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The museum displayed the gifts received by the presidents of India during their tenure, which were previously stored in the [[Toshakhana]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-07-21 |title=Rashtrapati Bhavan to get new museum on July 25 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rashtrapati-bhavan-to-get-new-museum-on-july-25/article6234773.ece |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Pankaj Protim Bordoloi served as the first [[museologist]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laha |first=Rozelle |date=25 June 2016 |title=Meet Rashtrapati Bhavan's museologist |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/meet-rashtrapati-bhavan-s-museologist/story-S66wZvQ2tGQAUwTt0idcHJ.html |access-date=26 August 2024 |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>
[[File:Indian constitution in Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum.jpg|thumb|The [[Constitution of India]] placed behind a glass casing in the Garage Museum.]]

=== Phase-II ===
The next phase of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum opened on 26 July 2016, marking the completion of four years of presidency by Mukherjee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-26 |title=Overview of Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Phase-II |url=https://www.dynamitenews.com/story/dn-overview-of-rashtrapati-bhavan-museum-phase-ii |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Dynamite News |language=en}}</ref> Similar to the first phase, the second phase was also built at a cost of {{INRConvert|80|c|year=2014}}, in the location that was previously the garage for the Rashtrapati Bhavan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=shastri |first=vittal |date=2016-07-26 |title=A peek into the newly unveiled section of Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/gallery/nation/260716/narendra-modi-unevils-phase-ii-of-the-rashtrapati-bhavan-museum.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}</ref> Prime minister Modi inaugurated the second phase of the museum in present of president Mukherjee and [[Vice President of India|vice-president]] [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-21 |title=President Pranab Mukherjee to complete four years in office on July 25 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/president-pranab-mukherjee-to-complete-four-years-in-office-on-july-25-2926972/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

Built on an area of {{Convert|10000|m2|sqft}}, the Garage Museum was made to showcase the history behind the development of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the [[British Viceroy|British viceroys]] who inhabited the building, the independence and declaration of India as a republic nation, the lives and contributions of the presidents of India, and the life inside the Rashtrapati Bhavan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-21 |title=President Pranab Mukherjee to complete four years in office on July 25 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/president-pranab-mukherjee-to-complete-four-years-in-office-on-july-25-2926972/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

{{Quote|text=The biggest point of my happiness is that my political background is different, his is different. But in a democracy, people brought up in different political ideologies too can work shoulder to shoulder, this I can feel every moment I work with him.|author=Narendra Modi|title=upon the inauguration of Phase-II|source=Financial Express<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/photos/business-gallery/328944/pm-narendra-modi-unevils-phase-ii-of-the-rashtrapati-bhavan-museum/|title=PM Narendra Modi inaugrates Phase-II of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum}}</ref>}}

President Mukherjee also launched a section within the official Rashtrapati Bhavan website dedicated to information and services for the museum and the [[Amrit Udyan]] garden outside the presidential palace.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-26 |title=PM Narendra Modi inaugrates Phase-II of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/photos/business-gallery/328944/pm-narendra-modi-unevils-phase-ii-of-the-rashtrapati-bhavan-museum/4/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>

=== Opening to the public ===
As a final step, the museum was opened for the public on 2 October 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=25 July 2016 |title=Rashtrapati Bhavan museum to open for public from October 2 |url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/rashtrapati-bhavan-museum-open-public-from-october-2-2162095.html |access-date=26 August 2024 |website=[[Oneindia]]}}</ref> covering {{Convert|12000|m2|sqft}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-25 |title=Rashtrapati Bhavan museum to open for public from October 2 |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/rashtrapati-bhavan-museum-to-open-for-public-from-october-2/327643/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref> in area with its entry and exit gates on Mother Teresa Crescent Road.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-25 |title=New Rashtrapati Bhavan museum complex to open for public from Oct. 2 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/new-rashtrapati-bhavan-museum-complex-to-open-for-public-from-oct-2-3048911/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> At the [[inauguration]], the museum was finally opened for the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=राष्ट्रपति भवन का संग्रहालय 2 अक्तूबर से आम जनता के लिए खुलेगा |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/president-of-the-museum-will-open-to-the-general-public-from-october-2/articleshow/53367897.cms |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref> Other than the presidents and important personalities associated with the Indian independence movement, the museum also displayed [[silicon]] sculptures of people associated with the construction of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=taru |date=2016-10-01 |title=New Museum Complex set up at Delhi's Rashtrapati Bhawan |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/art/6703-new-museum-complex-set-delhi-s-rashtrapati-bhawan |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Sunday Guardian Live |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Quote|text=During the initial days of the tenure of the President, he wanted to know and explain to the public the specific details about President’s house and about the important treaties which took place here. This place came into being due to his deep interest in history. Our aim is to take people on a tour of history and turning Rashtrapati Bhawan from a high-security region to a visitor-friendly place.|author=Venu Rajamony|title=press secretary to the president|source=on the idea behind the museum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/art/6703-new-museum-complex-set-delhi-s-rashtrapati-bhawan|title=New Museum Complex set up at Delhi's Rashtrapati Bhawan|date=1 October 2016|last=Taru}}</ref>}}

To inaugurate the opening of the museum, an art exhibition by [[Rouble Nagi]] titled Flamenco was hosted till 10 October.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2016 |title=Rashtrapati Bhavan museum complex to host art exhibition of Rouble Nagi from October 2, 2016 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/rashtrapati-bhavan-museum-complex-to-host-art-exhibition-of-rouble-nagi-116100100004_1.html |access-date=26 August 2024 |website=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> The president's office also floated the hastag ''#VisitRBMuseum'' to encourage children to participate in activities at the museum complex.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Indiablooms |title=Rashtrapati Bhavan to open new museum for public from Oct 2 {{!}} Indiablooms - First Portal on Digital News Management |url=https://www.indiablooms.com/news-details/N/24576/rashtrapati-bhavan-to-open-new-museum-for-public-from-oct-2.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Indiablooms.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Exterior ==
The museum has been built over three storeys<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=24 July 2016 |title=Story-telling museum to charm visitors at Rashtrapati Bhavan |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india-news/story-telling-museum-to-charm-visitors-at-rashtrapati-bhavan/photo-v6iGT8lIOWfOAlIx7PUI2O-2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826140954/https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india-news/story-telling-museum-to-charm-visitors-at-rashtrapati-bhavan/photo-v6iGT8lIOWfOAlIx7PUI2O-2.html |archive-date=26 August 2024 |access-date=26 August 2024 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref> within the {{Age|1929|January|1|||}} years old Rashtrapati Bhavan complex.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-24 |title=80 करोड़ की लागत से राष्ट्रपति भवन में बना हाईटेक म्यूजियम, पीएम मोदी करेंगे उद्घाटन |url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/story/pm-narendra-modi-will-be-inaugurated-new-high-tech-museum-on-history-of-rashtrapati-bhavan-376981-2016-07-24 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref> The museum complex has been divided into three museums, the Stables Museum built in the first phase, the Garage Museum built in the second phase and the Clock Tower restored before the museum was opened to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=अस्तबल के बाद गैरेज को बदल कर बना राष्ट्रपति भवन म्यूजियम का दूसरा विंग, आज होगा उद्घाटन |url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/delhi-ncr/rashtrapati-bhavan-museum-second-wing-inaugrated-by-pm-modi |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref> At the time of construction, it was the only underground museum of India.<ref name=":0" />

The {{Convert|23|m|ft}} tall Clock Tower was restored by [[IIT Delhi]] in 2015, whereas the restoration of the building itself was carried out by the [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage]] (INTACH).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Clock Tower {{!}} Welcome to RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN - The Office and Residence of the President of India |url=https://www.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in/rbtour/clock-tower |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in}}</ref>
[[File:Indian Presidential Banners.jpg|thumb|[[Presidential Symbols|Banners]] of all the Indian presidents preserved in the museum.]]

== Interior ==
When the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum was first inaugurated in July 2014, the interior consisted of various modes of visual communication to provide knowledge to the visitors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-24 |title=80 करोड़ की लागत से राष्ट्रपति भवन में बना हाईटेक म्यूजियम, पीएम मोदी करेंगे उद्घाटन |url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/story/pm-narendra-modi-will-be-inaugurated-new-high-tech-museum-on-history-of-rashtrapati-bhavan-376981-2016-07-24 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref> Items like the president's vintage Mercedes Benz, a horse-drawn buggies, are kept on display in the museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelkar |first=Gauri |date=2016-08-12 |title=The Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum's tryst with augmented reality |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/the-rashtrapati-bhavan-museums-tryst-with-augmented-reality/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Architectural Digest India |language=en-IN}}</ref>

The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suri |first=Ridhi |date=2022-12-01 |title=Rashtrapati Bhavan to open for public visiting: Date, Timings, Bookings, Tickets & other details |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/lifestyle/travel/rashtrapati-bhavan-to-open-for-public-visiting-date-timings-bookings-tickets-other-details-2022-12-01-827899 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=[[India TV]] |language=en}}</ref> with the visiting time within the museums being from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=Visitors can now enter Rashtrapati Bhavan 6 days a week. Here's all you need to know |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/visit-rashtrapati-bhavan-6-days-a-week-delhi-8613179/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery heights="67">
File:Bas relief Indian presidents.jpg|Portraits of all the presidents of India embossed in bronze plates.
File:Indian president horsecart.jpg|The buggy of the president, now preserved in the Garage Museum.
File:Furniture by Edwin Lutyens.jpg|[[Furniture]] designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]] before planning [[New Delhi]].
File:The chairs on which Lord and Lady Curzon sat during Delhi Durbar.jpg|The chairs on which Lord and Lady [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|Curzon]] sat during the [[Delhi Durbar]].
File:Wax statues of Indian presidents part 1.jpg|Fiberglass statues of the first seven Indian presidents (L-R: [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]], [[Rajendra Prasad]], [[V. V. Giri]], [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]], [[Zakir Husain|Zakir Hussain]], [[Zail Singh]]
File:Wax statues of Indian presidents part 2.jpg|Fiberglass statues of the next seven Indian presidents (L-R: [[Pranab Mukherjee]], [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R. Venkataraman]], [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]], [[Pratibha Patil]], [[K. R. Narayanan]], [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya]]
* [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]]
* [[Presidency of Pranab Mukherjee]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [https://museum.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in/ Official website]

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