Calcutta Museum (Indian Museum, Kolkata)- A true treasure of Calcutta
According to the official website, Calcutta Museum is the ninth oldest regular museum in this world and largest in the Asia -Pacific region. The Calcutta Museum was established on 2nd February, 1814 at the Asiatic Society building. The museum was later transferred to the new building in 1978 (year of great flood in Bengal). The museum is extremely rich in it’s content and presently has more than 60 galleries including Art, Archeology, Geology, Zoology, Botany, History, painting and more. To learn more about the history of Indian Museum at Calcutta, visit someday and read more here. Do not forget to visit the library with more than 50,000 rare books at Calcutta Museum.
Address:
‘Maidan’ of Calcutta
J.L. Nehru Road
Kolkata-72, India
Phone: 2249-5699/9902, Fax: 2249-5696.
Visiting Hours
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (March–November)
10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. (December–February)
Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Museum - Need more information.
Official Pages and contacts:
- Official Website: http://www.indianmuseumkolkata.org/
- Present Director: Shakti Kali Basu # contact: imbot@cal2.vsnl.net.in
- Recent Acquisition: http://www.indianmuseumkolkata.org/newaddition.html
- New Indian Painting Gallery: http://www.indianmuseumkolkata.org/painting_gal.html
Some Pictures from Indian Museum at Kolkata PHOTO GALLERY (click here for more Pictures)
The Indian Museum, Calcutta
Babies in display at Indian Museum, Kolkata
