Present day

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The ashram now has a museum, Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalay. In 1963 the museum building was erected (designed by architect Charles Correa), and memorial activities were then started here. One of the important activities undertaken is the establishment of a Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya. Initially started in 'Hriday Kunj,' Gandhi's own cottage in the Ashram, the Sangrahalaya has now shifted to its own well-designed and well-furnished building which was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, on 10 May 1963.
Exhibits at the museum include:

  • My life is my message" gallery, consisting of 8 life-size painting and more than 250 photo-enlargements of some of the vivid and historic events of Gandhi's life
  • Gandhi in Ahmedabad Gallery, tracking Gandhi's life in Ahmedabad from 1915-1930
    Life-size oil painting gallery
  • Gandhi quotations, letters and other relics exhibition
  • Library consisting of nearly 35,000 books dealing with Gandhi's life, work, teachings, Indian freedom movement and allied subjects, and a Reading Room with more than 80 periodicals in English, Gujarati and Hindi
  • Archives consisting of nearly 34,117 letters to and from Gandhi both in original and in photocopies, about 8,781 pages of manuscripts of Gandhi's articles appearing in Harijan, Harijansevak, and Harijanbandhu and about 6,000 photographs of Gandhi and his associates
  • An important landmark of the Ashram is 'Hridaya Kunj' where some of the personal relics of Gandhi are on display
  • Ashram book store, a non-profit book store selling literature and memorabilia related to Gandhi and his life work and also supports local artisans

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Collecting, processing, preserving and displaying archival materials (writings, photographs, paintings, voice-records, films, personal clothes etc Microfilming, lamination and preservation of negatives Arranging exhibitions on aspects of Gandhi’s life, literature and activities Publication of the "Mahadevbhani Dairy," which chronicles the entire history of the Indian freedom struggle The Ashram Trust funds activities that include education for the visitor, the community and routine maintenance of the museum and its surrounding grounds Keeping contact 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 Observance in a suitable manner of occasions connected with Gandhi’s life Maintaining contact with the youth and student community and providing facilities to them for the study of Gandhian thought
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