Indian Museum

at Chowringhee Road, Kolkata , 700016 India

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Description

The Indian Museum is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in 1814. The founder curator was Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist.It has six sections comprising thirty five galleries of cultural and scientific artifacts namely Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Geology, Zoology and Economic Botany. Many rare and unique specimens, both Indian and trans-Indian, relating to humanities and natural sciences, are preserved and displayed in the galleries of these sections. the administrative control of the Cultural sections, viz. Art, Archaeology and Anthropology rests with the Board of Trustees under its Directorate, and that of the three other science sections is with the geological survey of India, the zoological survey of India and the Botanical survey of India. The museum Directorate has eight co-ordinating service units: Education, Preservation, publication, presentation, photography, medical, modelling and library. This multipurpose Institution with multidisciplinary activities is being included as an Institute of national importance in the seventh schedule of the Constitution of India. It is one of oldest museums in the world. This is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The present Director of the Indian Museum is B. Venugopal. The museum was closed to visitors due to massive restoration and upgrades from 1 September 2013 to 3 February 2014.

Opening time

• Mondays: 10:00- 17:30
• Tuesdays: 10:00- 16:30
• Wednesdays: 10:00- 17:00
• Thursdays: 10:00- 17:00
• Fridays: 10:00- 16:30
• Saturdays: 10:00- 17:00
• Sundays: 10:00- 18:00

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Summary

Indian Museum is Kolkata based place and this enity listed in History Museum category. Located at Chowringhee Road 700016. Contact phone number of Indian Museum: 033 2286 1699