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Constitution Museum: Fast facts

• 10,000+ sq.ft built-up area, thematic galleries, 1000 books, photographs
and archival documents, 115 minutes audio-visual footage, 11 interactive
installations, 28 sculptures/artworks, 45 digital displays, a 22-seats theatre
• 15,000 sq. ft Constitution Gardens with over 40 plant species and shrubs
from across India, interspersed with nine outdoor sculptures
• 32 Constitutional experts and 104 museum advisory committee members
consulted while the project was completed in 171 days
• Metallic busts of all 299 members of the Constituent Assembly
• Specially commissioned mural of 15 women members of the Constituent
Assembly
• 65 visual displays, videos, documentaries, films, interactive quizzes, holo-
grams recounting the history of the Constitution of India
• Photolithographic copy of the Constitution (one of 1,000 printed) bearing
signatures of prominent members of the Constituent Assembly

tures digitalised interactive installa- all of us — every citizen of India,” says provisions, amendments and their
tions. The Makers Gallery displays Shashi Tharoor, renowned Con- interpretation by the judiciary. The
metallic busts of all 299 members of gress MP and author, in a video byte Constitution Museum was estab-
the Constituent Assembly who drafted after visiting the museum. lished to educate and empower all In-
the Constitution. The Constitution Museum is open dians — from all walks of life and all
Moreover, an audio-visual instal- to the public. Batches of school and ages — on the constitutional legacy
lation of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, college students are particularly behind their identities as citizens
Chairman of the Drafting Committee welcome by appointment. of India. The museum is built as a
of the Constituent Assembly, enables “The Constitution of India, microcosmic site that brings together
visitors to experience his speeches drafted by the farsighted Constituent the intellectual, scholarly, artistic,
first-hand through a set of ques- Assembly visionaries, is the col- historic, digital, journalistic, and
tions posed to his hologram. Other lective conscious of the people of aesthetic imagination of the Consti-
features of this digitally enriched India. As stakeholders who are tution, and will invest visitors with
museum (which requires a full-day guaranteed rights and freedoms, all hope, inspiration, and reflection,”
visit to do it justice) are a Children’s citizens should know the history of says Dr. Raj Kumar.
Corner, Know your Constitution, a our Constitution, its evolution, its With Dilip Thakore
75-year journey of the Constitution Gallery with audio-visual installations
and a 22-seat Samvidhaan Theatre
for viewing audio-visual reels of
debates of the Constituent Assembly
and archival material.
Since its inauguration last Novem-
ber, JGU’s Constitution Museum has
attracted numerous distinguished
visitors, including seven Supreme
Court judges, two former Chief Jus-
tices of India, and several senior apex
court counsel and scholars who have
lavished praise on this unprecedented
initiative.
“It’s an amazing museum. Every
display has been given a great deal
of thought and attention, and what’s
more it’s so incredibly informative and
educative… It deserves to be a pilgrim-
age centre for everyone interested in
the Constitution which should mean

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