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Research and Documentation
The Museum has a specialised library of more than 10,000 books and periodicals pertaining to Indian arts, crafts and textiles.  it is open to public for reference purposes.  Under the scheme of 'Research and Documentation', filed research is commissioned with research scholars all over India to documents the living arts and crafts.  Nearly a hundred unpublished monographs have resulted from this programme.  The Museum also has computerised documentation of the visiting craftspersons and master craftspersons and weavers with craft-wise and area-wise categorisation.

Educational Programme
Delhi-based schools, art colleges and polytechnics are regularly informed by the Museum about the latter's monthly activities.  Thousands of schools children and students of art colleges visit the Museum for general exposure to India's rural artistic heritage or for more practical exercises such as on-the-spot sketching and painting or participating in 'Creativity Workshops'.

Architecture
Charles Corriea designed this Museum's building.

Reference library
There is a reference library in the museum, which houses approximately 10000-books/journals/ magazines/manuscripts/rare books on Art and Culture.The reading room of the library has a seating capacity of about 35 readers. The collection of the library includesbooks/journals/magazines/manuscripts, rare books, references books, newspapers and other archival material related to Chandigarh. A substantial collection of books on Sikh history and culture has been gifted to the library by Mrs. Phool Mansingh and Dr. Madanjeet Kaur. The library also includes a special section of books, manuscripts, documents and archival materials related to Chandigarh, gifted by late Dr. M.S.Randhawa, a renowned art historians, administrator and former Chairman of the Museum Advisory Committee. Photostating facility for scholars is also available in the library.

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The staff of the library comprises of one librarian and one library attendant. The timings of the library is same as that of the Museum i.e. 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. It is open throughout the week except Mondays and other gazetted and National holidays.

Conservation Laboratory
A Modest conservation laboratory looks after the preservation and conservation of the Museum's collection.  Textile repair and biding, mounting of paintings and scrolls, repair of terracottas, wooden items and maintenance of painted wood and papier mache is comfortably handled by the Laboratory.

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Committee room
There is an air-conditioned committee room having sitting capacity of approximately thirty five persons for holding official meetings, seminars and conferences. The committee room and the adjacent areas are decorated with painted astronomical panels done by a renowned artist Sh. Jaswant Singh. Also three fish aquariums have been installed at the entrance of the committee room.

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Photo Laboratory
Photo section has complete documentation of the museum collection in the form of colour slides, black and white and colour photo prints. Black and white photo-prints are available for study purposes on nominal costs. Photo Albums with colour photo prints of the collection are available  for study purposes.

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Audio -Visual Gallery
Museum has an air-conditioned Audio -Visual Gallery, for screening of educational films, holding of special slide lectures, seminars and conferences. It has a seating capacity of 90 persons. Click here to view the rates .

The Museum is the first of its kind in India to have a full-fledged museum shop selling books, picture-postcards and a whole range of exquisite contemporary handicrafts. Run by the Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation of India Ltd., on behalf of the Museum, the Crafts Museum Shop has brought to the public, objects of tribal and rural arts of unique quality. The objective of the Shop is to sell original creations of the finest Indian craftspersons and not to market mechanically replicated 'souvenirs'

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Cafeteria
Museum has an open air Darbar-e-Awadh cafeteria in its vicinity, where the visitor can relax in the rustic rural ambience.