The Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya (Gandhi Memorial Institution) is a museum and public service institution dedicated to preserve the work and memory and commemorate the life of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi. It is located at Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, India on the banks of River Sabarmati. It houses tens of thousands of letters to and by Gandhi, as well as photographs and books. It was designed by the renowned architect Charles Correa beginning in 1958. The museum, Correa’s first important commission, consisted originally of 51 modular units, each 6 x 6 metres, surrounding a water court. The complex was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1963.
The Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya seeks to keep alive the message of Gandhi’s life and work through the following activities: collection, preservation and display of Gandhi’s writings, photographs, paintings, voice-records, with as well as helping and undertaking study and research in Gandhian thought and activities and publishing the results of such study and research and allied literature for the benefit of the people; maintaining contact with the youth and student community and providing facilities to them for the study of Gandhian thought; arranging exhibitions on aspects of Gandhi’s life, literature and activities; observance in a suitable manner of occasions connected with Gandhi’s life.
- Country – India
- State – Gujarat
- District – Ahmedabad
