{"id":2129,"date":"2023-04-26T05:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T05:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalartgallery.govmu.org\/nag\/?page_id=2129"},"modified":"2025-01-24T09:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:16:44","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalartgallery.govmu.org\/nag\/?page_id=2129","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2129\" class=\"elementor elementor-2129\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d40f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57d40f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7a087 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8d7a087\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fab9acc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fab9acc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-466e969 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"466e969\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02f1450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02f1450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The National Art Gallery was set up in May 2001 under Section 3 of the National Art Gallery Act 1999.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f9e809 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f9e809\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f14680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f14680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Arts and Culture. 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