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WELCOME TO INDIAN MUSEUM KOLKATA - FOUNDED 1814

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  • All are requested to note that in spite of being Monday, Museum will remain open on 25th December, 2023 and 1st January, 2024 as special occasions.
  • All are requested to note that in spite of being Monday, Museum will remain open on 25th December, 2023 and 1st January, 2024 as special occasions.

History Of The Museum

Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (at the present building of the Asiatic Society, 1 Park Street, Kolkata), Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. With the foundation of Indian Museum in 1814, the Museum movement started rolling in India and through the year…
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The largest museum across India and boasts exquisite collections of armor, antiques, ornaments, skeleton, fossils, mummies, beautiful Mughal paintings..

Museum Gallery

Many rare and unique specimens, both Indian and trans-Indian, relating to humanities and natural sciences, are preserved and displayed in the galleries…

Latest Events

All the details of events & exhibitions held in Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Exhibitions

All the details of events & exhibitions held in Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Indian Museum Kolkata

The history of the origin and the growth of the Indian Museum is one of the remarkable events towards the development of heritage and culture of India. Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent... ”

Events & Exhibitions

All the details of events & exhibitions held in Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Exhibition on 'Glimpses of the Harappan Culture from the Collection of Indian Museum’
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Cultural Performance on “Vasant Utsav”
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March to Freedom - Reflections on India’s Independence on the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary opens to the public on 23 July 2022.
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Message from Director's Desk

Shri Arijit Dutta Choudhury

Greetings From The Director’s Desk !!
Indian Museum is the oldest and largest museum in our country. Founded on February 2, 1814, by Dr Nathanial Wallich, a Danish Botanist, the Indian Museum is the first Museum in the Asia-Pacific region and has played the role of a leader in setting the tone for the museum movement in the continent…Read More

Gallery

The largest museum across India and boasts exquisite collections of armor, antiques, ornaments, skeleton, fossils, mummies, beautiful Mughal paintings...

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All Mondays Closed.

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About Museum

Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the
Asiatic Societyof Bengal (at the present
building of the Asiatic Society,
1 Park Street, Kolkata), Indian Museum
is the oldest and the largest  Museum…