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{{Infobox museum
| name = Sanskar Kendra
| native_name = કર્ણાવતી : અતીતની ઝાંખી
| native_name_lang = gu
| image = Sanskar Kendra Museum.JPG
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| caption = Sanskar Kendra City Museum
| alt = Sanskar Kendra
| map_type = India Ahmedabad#India Gujarat#India
| map_caption = Location of Sanskar Kendra in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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| coordinates = {{Coord|23|00|47|N|72|34|10|E|type:landmark_region:IN|format=dms|display=title,inline}}
| established = {{Start date|df=yes|1954|04|9}}
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| location = Opp. Tagore Hall, near [[National Institute of Design|NID]], Sardar bridge corner, Paldi, [[Ahmedabad]]
| type = [[Local museum]], [[history museum]], [[art Museum]], kite museum
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| owner = [[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]]
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[[File:Chabutaro at Sanskar Kendra.jpg|thumb|right|Chabutaro (bird feeding pole) at Sanskar Kendra, [[Ahmedabad]], India. It is 120 years old and was originally in Kshetrapal ni Pol.]]
'''Sanskar Kendra''' is a museum at [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]], designed by the architect [[Le Corbusier]]. It is a city museum depicting history, art, culture and architecture of Ahmedabad. Another '''Patang Kite Museum''' is there which includes a collection of kites, photographs, and other artifacts.<ref name="ind">{{cite book | title=India 13 | publisher=Lonely Planet | author=Singh, Sarina | year=2009 | pages=732 | isbn= 9781741791518 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vK88ktao7pIC&q=sanskar+kendra+history&pg=PA732}}</ref> The campus is located at the west end of Sardar Bridge near Paldi.<ref name="igg">{{cite book | title=India Guide Gujarat | publisher=India Guide Publications | author=Desai, Anjali H. | year=2007 | pages=97 | isbn= 9780978951702 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZRLGZNZEoEC&q=sanskar+kendra+history&pg=PA97}}</ref>

==History==
The museum was designed in the [[Modernist architecture|Modernist style]] by the Swiss-French architect [[Le Corbusier]].
It was named ''Museum of Knowledge'' during designing. It was originally a part of a large complex of ''Cultural Centre of Ahmedabad'' which had separate pavilions and areas for different subjects like anthropology, natural history, archaeology, monumental sculptures, workshops and depots, folklores in open air. It also included a pavilion for theatre called ''miracle box''. But out of whole planned cultural centre, only museum was built. Its foundation stone was laid on 9 April 1954.<ref name="lcp">{{cite book | title=Le Corbusier: Béton Brut and Ineffable Space, 1940-1965 : Surface Materials and Psychophysiology of Vision | publisher=[[EPFL Press]]|authorlink1=Roberto Gargiani| author=Gargiani, Roberto | year=2011 | pages=379–384 | isbn= 9780415681711 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqwHOVYYVl0C&q=sanskar+kendra+history&pg=PA379 | author2=Rosellini, Anna | author3=Le Corbusier}}</ref>

==Modernist architecture==
[[File:Ellisbridge Plaque Block.JPG|thumb|left|Foundation Block of Ellisbridge. Now at Sanskar Kendra.]]
It rests on his signature [[piloti]]s, that are {{convert|3.4|m|ft}} high there. The building's exterior is of plain brick with exposed elements of [[Béton brut|raw concrete]] (''Béton brut'') structure. The structural grid is {{convert|7|m|ft}}.<ref name="lcp"/><ref name=jtl>{{cite book | title=Concise History Of Modern Indian Architecture |publisher=Orient Blackswan | author=Lang, Jon T. | year=2002 | pages=65–66 | isbn= 9788178240176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxyGbhlKQXQC&q=sanskar+kendra+history&pg=PA65}}</ref>

The building is designed to protect against the hot climate. On the roof there are several large basins originally intended as planters.
One enters from underneath the building where there is an open court with a large pool and a ramp that leads to the exhibition spaces. The interior spaces are finished in plaster.<ref name="lcp"/><ref name=jtl/>

The museum is similar to other museum projects by [[Le Corbusier]], such as the "Museum of unlimited extension" project, the [[National Museum of Western Art]] in [[Tokyo]], and the Government Museum and Art Gallery in [[Chandigarh]], in that the plan is based on a [[spiral]] and is designed to be expanded.<ref name="lcp"/><ref name=jtl/>

==Collections==
[[File:Kite Museum Ahmedabad.JPG|thumb|Kite Museum]]
Museum have various sections related to history of city, art, photography, [[Mahatma Gandhi]], Indian independence struggle, various religious communities of [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name="ind"/>
It houses the tallest incense stick of the world of 4.5 m.<ref name="igg"/>
The building includes a Kite Museum, which includes a collection of kites, photographs, and other artifacts.<ref name="ind"/><ref name="igg"/>

Foundation block of [[Ellis Bridge]] was moved to Sanskar Kendra. It reads:
:''"The Ellis Bridge - So named by Government after Sir Barrow Helbert Ellis : K.G.S.I. was built in 1869 and 1870. At a cost of Rs:549,210 destroyed by the great flood of 22nd September 1875 and rebuilt in 1890 and 1895 by Government, Local Bodies and Private Subscribers. At a further cost of Rs. 407564. This the First Stone of the new bridge was laid by His Excellency Donald James eleventh Lord Reay C.C.I.E.LL.D. Governor of Bombay December 19th, 1889."''

==Photo gallery==
<gallery widths="140px" heights="140px" perrow="4">
Image:Inside of Sanskar Kendra.JPG|Museum on [[piloti]]s, and item displayed.
Image:Chabutra in sanskar kendra.JPG|[[Chabutra]] and brick walls.
Image:A statue in sanskar kendra.JPG|Fountain; was originally at Fuwara, Kalupur.
Image:FIRE KING.jpg| Ahmedabad Fire brigade 1907
Image:Queen victoria statue in sanskar kendra.JPG|Queen Victoria statue
Image:A photo in sanskar kendra.JPG|First Mayor of Ahmedabad after whom this museum named
Image:Info (sanskar kendra).JPG|Re-inauguration Plaque
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Tagore Memorial Hall]]
*[[List of Le Corbusier buildings]]
*[[:Category:Modernist architecture in India|Index: Modernist architecture in India]]
*[[Ellis Bridge]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Girsberger, H. and Boesiger, W. ''Le Corbusier''. Zurich: Artemis Verlags-AG, 1993.
*Herausgegeben, ed. and Boesiger, W. ''Le Corbusier''. Zurich: Verlag fur Architektur Artemis Zurich, 1983. {{ISBN|3-7608-8019-3}}, {{ISBN|1-874056-51-X}}

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[[Category:Museums in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in India]]
[[Category:Le Corbusier buildings in India]]
[[Category:Local museums in India]]
[[Category:Modernist architecture in India]]
[[Category:Museums established in 1954]]
[[Category:1954 establishments in Bombay State]]

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