One of the most beautiful cities in India is Chandigarh. It serves as the capital city of two states, i.e. Haryana and Punjab. The city is filled with innumerable tourist attractions and people from various parts of India and other corners of the world visit every year. The presence of a large number of temples in Chandigarh is a clear indication of its glorious culture and tradition. The city is famous for its art galleries and museums. These places of interest are subject of entertainment and also serve as the manifestation of the great diversity in the culture of India. The city of Chandigarh is covered by a clear blue sky in the background of the mountains. A little closer to the city will enable one to have a spectacular view of the Shivalik Hills` rough skyline over the zenith. The city has experienced the period of Mughals as well as the British and the instances of the rich tradition and culture those periods are preserved in some of the Chandigarh Museums.

Museums in Chandigarh exhibit rare collections of Persian and Mughal paintings, Gandhara sculptures, ancient mural paintings and various other collection of the ancient period and some collection of present-day art. Among the notable museums of Chandigarh is the Government Museum and Art Gallery. The museum was founded in the year, 1968. The major things to see in this museum are the Gandhara stone sculptures, decorative arts, miniature paintings and coins.

The Government Museum & Art Gallery, Chandigarh is open throughout the week except on Monday when it remains closed. It is a suitable place to have a glimpse of the artifacts and fossils of the prehistoric age. There is a large reference library in the museum in order to provide more inputs to the students and scholars. Gandhara sculpture section is considered to be the most prominent sections of the museum having 627 works of art of Gandhara period which is a share of the Lahore Museum`s collection received by India at the time of partition. These beautifully-carved sculptures consist of a number of Lord Buddha and Bodhisattva images of different sizes. It also possesses a remarkable set of miniature paintings belonging to the Pahari School of Art, and miniatures built in Rajasthani idiom. There are also paintings depicting the Sikh art. The section of the museum dedicated to the Indian miniature painting displays the paintings of the Mughal period, Bundi, Mewar, Marwar and a number of other classes of Rajasthani era and Kangra painting. There is another section in this museum known as the Indian contemporary section, which is mainly constructed to preserve the works of famous artists.

Another most-visited Chandigarh museum is the Museum of Evolution of Life. It is situated in sector 10 and provides an impressive flashback of the history starting from the Indus Valley Civilization till the present day. The doors of this museum are opened for the public on the month of August, 1973. As the name suggests, the museum takes one through an evolutionary drive from unicellular organism till the present day`s biological diversity. This place is suitable for those looking for prospect in evolutionary studies, where a clear explanation is provided with the help of various paintings portraying source of life, the variety of animal and plant life, and vanished races of man. There are several art galleries in the Museum of Evolution of Life segregated into fields of archaeology, astronomy, botany, history, biology and geology. For those interested in a deeper study can access the numerous books available in the reference library of the museum. This museum presents the details of the changes mankind undergone in order to reach what it is in the present time with the help of charts and drawings. Several fossil evidences which included some of the constructed and real ones, exhibited in the museum takes one all the way through the complete phase of evolution in a very beautiful manner. It is thus a valuable experience to visit the Museum of Evolution of Life in Chandigarh where the journey of mankind through all the phases of evolution till the present time is portrayed in a picture perfect way.

City Museum in Chandigarh was founded in the year, 1997. This museum was erected to celebrate fifty years of Indian independence by the city administration. The aim of the construction of this museum was to collect, display and preserve the details of the development and planning which resulted in the development of neatly planned modern city. The city museum in Chandigarh possesses original sketches, plans, models, documents and photographs giving a clear account of the development of the city through the phases of rough paper sketches till its realization. The story of the partition of India and the need for a new capital is displayed in the basement feature. Since the previous capital of Punjab moved into Pakistan after the partition of India, the need for a new capital city of Chandigarh arose. On the first floor of the museum there are exhibits displaying the growth aspect basing on the theme of `Chandigarh today and tomorrow`.

Apart from these, there are several other Chandigarh museums, which are: Herbarium & Museum, Zoology Museum, Botany Department, Museum Of Fine Arts, International Dolls Museum, etc in Chandigarh.

From its inception till the present day, Chandigarh has developed itself into a beautifully planned city. The museums of Chandigarh have preserved the glorious tradition and culture of the place and also the history of the development of Chandigarh as a new city and the partition of India. The periphery of the city of Chandigarh is a spectator to the era of rich tradition and culture and the remains of which are well-preserved in the Chandigarh museums.