Exhibits

The mission of the Gandhi Center extends beyond our Washington campus. The following exhibits are available for loan. If you are interested in more information, please contact us at 301-229-3871 or info@gandhimemorialcenter.org.

MAHATMA GANDHI’S MESSAGE IN AMERICA: is a large photographic display of over 40 panels and other accompanying materials prepared by the Gandhi Memorial Center. The exhibit was originally sponsored by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, New Delhi (1980), and is now available for loan to museums, universities, or civic groups. (Large Exhibit)

MAHATMA GANDHI IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY: An attractive set of exhibition material on Mahatma Gandhi, designed and prepared by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in New Delhi, is available for loan from the Gandhi Memorial Center in Washington, D.C. The photographs are easy to display, each approximately one foot square, laminated on light-weight cardboard. (Small Exhibit)

GANDHI DARSHAN: This is a collection of some characteristic photographs of Mahatma Gandhi as a part of the celebrations of his 125th Birth Anniversary. Gandhiji is a great figure, respected and worshipped all over the world. He was born in Gujarat, but the whole world became the realm of his action. These pictures show some of the principal and significant facets of his personality; a unique reference from his childhood, his studies in England, his activities in South Africa, his struggle for Indian independence and incidents involving many leaders. The captions are in English, German, French, Hindi and Gujarati. (Small Exhibit)

Exhibits by Beatrice Pitney Lamb

This unique collection provides a broad introduction to Indian life, landscape and architecture by an accomplished photographer who devoted her life to the study of India. Beatrice Lamb first visited India in 1949 on an assignment for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Since that time, she returned often to observe and study every aspect of Indian life and architecture.

She is the author of India, a World in Transition, a widely praised introduction to Indian history, religions, social structure, language problems, and economic and political trends. Also well regarded are her Nehrus of India and a young people’s India, both illustrated by her photos in black and white.

Beginning with her first exhibition of photographs, she received acclaim for the quality and sensitivity of her work. Although her numerous slide lectures have always been popular and well-attended, it was not until 1982 that she “got around to” having enlargements made to exhibit.

Since May 1988, her pictures have been widely shown in college and city galleries. Her photographs were part of the nation-wide “Festival of India” celebrations in 1985.

The exhibits offered for loan can range from 50 to 100 enlargements, each 20 to 30 inches in length. “India: People and their Land” or “India: Beauty in Stone” are two of the exhibits available.

Mrs. Lamb graduated from Bryn Mawr with an M.A. from Columbia University focusing on India studies. She also trained in New York’s Clarence White School of Photography, no longer in existence. Her fascination with India led her to try to catch on film the color and infinite variety of India, to augment the materials she gathered for her books.

INDIA: PEOPLE AND THEIR LAND: Mrs. Lamb saw the many-hued soul of India revealed through its people, living, working and worshipping. (Large Exhibit)

INDIA: BEAUTY IN STONE: This exhibit shows a suggestion of the wealth of design to be enjoyed on the Indian subcontinent, through Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist architecture. (Large Exhibit)