The Partition Museum comprehensively charts the Partition with a narrative arc that moves from the time before partition, proceeds to the independence movement, the early demands for separate countries, and ultimately the Partition and its consequences.
Established as a People’s Museum, the Partition Museum endeavors to depict the Partition as it was experienced by the People. One key aspect of the collections comprises the artefacts generously donated by Partition Survivors and their families. As people were displaced, they carried with them whatever little they could, and these objects are now not only important milestones of the events, but symbols of losses suffered and trials endured. The uncertainty and confusion caused by the sudden division of the country often gave people no time to be able to gather their belongings before walking out of their homes forever. The artefacts received by the Partition Museum include things that were of practical use brought across by people along with those that held sentimental value for them. From utensils, trunks and clothes, to a wedding sari, a jewellery box and a tin box, the Museum houses artefacts of the Partition belonging to people from diverse and different backgrounds.
A multi-media experience, the Museum also documents—through audio-visual stations set across the 14 galleries—those whose voices have been silenced in the pages of history. There are more than 100 interviews currently playing in the Museum. We also have a constantly expanding archive that will be made available to researchers, scholars and those interested in the history of the Partition.
The Partition Museum aims to become a repository of information and stories of the Partition. This is a never-ending effort to collect more oral histories, documents, and footage and to tap all sources that may help us achieve our aims.
2. Partition Museum
• Amritsar's newest attraction is listed among top #18 places
to visit in India by Nat Geo in 2018! Explore India-Pak 1947
Partition History. Explore the lesser known facts of Partition.
Fully AC
• Short 5-7 minute walk from Golden Temple.
• Winner of Conde Nast Traveller Excellence Award!
• Immersive, multi-media exhibition on Indo-Pak Partition.
• A People's Museum that uses oral histories, letters, photos.
• Hot and humid? Spend an afternoon indoors immersed in
history
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3. About Partition Museum
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The Partition of India has been one of the most defining events in the history
of the subcontinent. It was the largest migration in human history and upto 20
million people were affected. Despite the extensive loss to life and property,
70 years later there existed a severe lacuna that no museum or memorial
existed anywhere in the world to remember all those millions. The Partition
Museum aims to fill this void and tell the story through the voices of those
who lived through the times.
Refugee Artefacts Arts & Paintings Archival Materials
4. The Partition - Background
In August 1947, when independence was granted to the
former imperial domain of British India, it was
partitioned into two countries – India and Pakistan.
The first Partition Scheme was outlined in April 1947.
Jawaharlal Nehru was against the idea of Partition
itself. The revised scheme was sent to London and
came back with the approval of the British Cabinet. On
June 4, the scheme to Partition India was announced
by Mountbatten and endorsed in speeches by Nehru
and Jinnah on the All India Radio.
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5. The Partition Museum is honoured to be the first home for this
exhibition, which will travel to different cities to mark the Centenary
Commemoration of the tragic events of 1919.
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7. Places to see Near Golden Temple
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The Partition of India has been one of the most defining events in the history
of the subcontinent. It was the largest migration in human history and upto 20
million people were affected. Despite the extensive loss to life and property,
70 years later there existed a severe lacuna that no museum or memorial
existed anywhere in the world to remember all those millions. The Partition
Museum aims to fill this void and tell the story through the voices of those
who lived through the times.
Jallianwala Bagh Partition Museum Wagah Border, Amritsar
8. Visit The Musuem
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• Short 5-7 minute walk from Golden Temple
• 5 minute heritage walk from Jallianwala Bagh
• Partition Musuem, Town Hall, Heritage Walk
Tour, Amritsar
• Open Tuesday to Sunday 10 AM to 6 PM
• Monday Closed
• Contact: +91-8130001947,
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