Present day
The ashram now has a museum, Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalay. In 1963 th
e 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. 
Nandini: It is on the right hand side of 'Hridaya Kunj'. It is an old Ashram guest house, where guests from India and abroad are put up.
Vinoba Kutir: Named after Acharya Vinoba Bhave who stayed here, and also known as Mira Kutir after Miraben, Gandhiji's disciple, daughter of a British Admiral.
Upasana Mandir:It is an open -air prayer ground, situated between 'Hridaya Kunj' and 'Magan Kutir' (the hut where Maganlal Gandhi, the ashram manager, used to stay).Here, Gandhiji used to refer to individual questions after prayers and as the head of the family analysed and gave his solutions.
Vinobha Kutir[edit] Gandhi Sangrhalaya
"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.
Oil Painting of Gandhi at Gandhi Museum[edit] Ashram Activities
The Sabarmati ashram which receives about 7 lakh (700,000) visitors a year houses, photocopies of about 34,000 letters written by Gandhi and about 8000 photographs and 165 films and of course, Hriday Kunj, the house where Gandhi and Kasturba stayed from 1918 to 1930.
Collecting, processing, preserving and displaying archival materials (writings, photographs, paintings, voice-records, films, personal clothes etc
A charkha' used by Gandhi to weave khadi and the writing table he used for writing letters are also few of the priceless items kept here.
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
The ashram now has a museum, Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalay. In 1963 th
e 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. 
Nandini: It is on the right hand side of 'Hridaya Kunj'. It is an old Ashram guest house, where guests from India and abroad are put up.
Vinoba Kutir: Named after Acharya Vinoba Bhave who stayed here, and also known as Mira Kutir after Miraben, Gandhiji's disciple, daughter of a British Admiral.
Upasana Mandir:It is an open -air prayer ground, situated between 'Hridaya Kunj' and 'Magan Kutir' (the hut where Maganlal Gandhi, the ashram manager, used to stay).Here, Gandhiji used to refer to individual questions after prayers and as the head of the family analysed and gave his solutions.
Vinobha Kutir[edit] Gandhi Sangrhalaya
"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.
Oil Painting of Gandhi at Gandhi Museum[edit] Ashram Activities
The Sabarmati ashram which receives about 7 lakh (700,000) visitors a year houses, photocopies of about 34,000 letters written by Gandhi and about 8000 photographs and 165 films and of course, Hriday Kunj, the house where Gandhi and Kasturba stayed from 1918 to 1930.
Collecting, processing, preserving and displaying archival materials (writings, photographs, paintings, voice-records, films, personal clothes etc
A charkha' used by Gandhi to weave khadi and the writing table he used for writing letters are also few of the priceless items kept here.
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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