9 famous museums in Kolkata with their complete details


It is a city in Kolkata in the state of West Bengal and is known as the city of happiness. It is a lively city and a city of palaces as it is home to buildings and other buildings throughout. The city is surrounded by many bridges, parks, magnificent Eden Gardens, temples, monuments, statues, libraries and museums.


Famous and Beautiful Museums in Kolkata:

Here is a list of famous museums in Kolkata, India.








1. Indian Museum:

Established in 1814, this Indian museum is the oldest museum in India. It is home to six departments: Archeology as well as Anthropology, Art as well as Zoology, Geology and Botany, which are divided into 35 galleries. It has special collections of antiquities, jeweled skulls, Egyptian mummies, animal dummies and many other items.


2. Netaji Bhavan:

Netaji Subhash Bose's house has been converted into a shrine of honor for him which tells us about his life and struggle for freedom. The museum displays the objects he used. It contained his bed, his table along with his clothes and shoes, the pens he used to compose his notes, his attire of 'khaki' and several weapons and ammunition.


3. Marble Palace:

The Marble Palace is a marble building in the northern part of the city, built in the late 1800s. It is one of the well-maintained and very elegant buildings since its construction. It was built by a wealthy businessman who loved art. The house is filled with Western art, Victorian furniture and painting by artists from India and Europe. Apart from that, it has chandeliers, antique clocks, floor-to-ceiling mirrors and more.


4. Academy of Fine Arts:

Academy of Fine Arts in India's most famous art gallery. It houses the paintings of famous artists from all over India in different galleries as well as other institutions or schools exhibiting them. The art gallery of the gallery is connected with the stage for regular plays of interest to the residents of Kolkata.


5. Birla Industries and Technological Museum:

The Birla Industrial and Technological Museum at Gurusade Dutt Road is run by the National Council of Science Museum. It was the first science museum established in India in 1954. The most important thing in this museum is the data of business and industrial trades from the Birlas. They have presented on life science, biotechnology mathematics, television, transportation and regularly hold events and programs that provide information to participants.



6. Victoria Memorial:

The Victoria Memorial was built in honor of Queen Victoria by the Ministry of Culture of India during the British rule. It was the person who took up the idea of building a memorial in honor of the bereaved Queen Lord Curzon, which would consist of an open garden with displays of India's past through memorial statues, photographs and various objects. It also has a library inside. It is often referred to as one of the Taj Mahals of Kolkata.


7. Police Museum:

The Police Museum in Kolkata is an archive of photographs, documents firearms, ammunition and other weapons such as knives, guns and bombs, as well as the background of the Kolkata Police and their uniforms are displayed there. They have proved how the police have stood the support of all the people from the past to the present day.


8. Asutosh Museum of Indian Art:

The Asutosh Museum of Indian Art is located on the Calcutta University campus. Named after Sir Asutosh who was the Vice-Chancellor of the University. The main motive behind the establishment of this museum was to collect specimens of phases of Indian art and to focus its attention on the art of Bengal.


9. Gurusade Museum:

The Gurusade Museum in Diamond Harbor houses the largest collection of Bengali folk art. It includes handicrafts and kanta stitches, terracotta and folk quilt stitches etc. It was founded in the name of late Sir Gurusaday Dutt.