Nehru Children's Museum
Nehru Children's Museum is a project of National Cultural Association. The Museum was inaugurated on the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 14th November, 1972. The primary objective of the association is to impart education to children through informal means and make the mode of learning more acceptable to the children.
Type of Museum Children's: museum
Timing and Entry: 12.00 - 20.00. Closed on Monday
Nearby Cities: Kolkata
Location: Nehru Children's Museum
94/1, Chowringhee Road,
Kolkata - 700 020, India.
Phone : 91-33 2223 1551/ 3517
State: West Bengal
Official website: http://www.nehrumuseum.org
About Nehru Museum
Nehru Children's Museum is a project of National Cultural Association that comprises a team of young energetic men under active leadership of
Late Jugal Srimal. The Museum was inaugurated on the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 14th November, 1972. In order to pay homage to Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, National Cultural Association established the Museum on Panditji's name. The main objective of the association is to impart education to children through play Way Method .This includes teaching through toys, pictures, videos, songs, which helps children to learn faster and enjoy what they learning.
Today, the activities of the association have grown tremendously comprising of social upliftment of poor working women, children and unemployed handicapped youth. Vidyasagar Sishu Academy, Ankur, Vidyasagar Academy Centre for Computer are the key projects of the association those have multiple activities.
They also provide scholarships and awards, to encourage the children to build their future.Exhibits in the Nehru Museum
The exhibits in the museum which are spread over 4 floors, enable a child to take off to the world of epics, the world of science and to dream world.
gallery, Toys gallery, Ramayana & Mahabharata in clay models are the most fascinating archives for the children.
Doll Gallery
Dolls gallery, is very attractive portion of the museum. Dolls from 88 countries are exhibited for the amusement of the children. Very recently Dolls from Thailand have added to distinction of the Doll's Museum. All these dolls are dressed in their national uniforms which gives visual learning to children about so many cultures.
Toy Gallery
Toys from all over the world is displayed in this gallery. Toys of India are not so much at par with the ones manufactred in west. Toys of oriental and western origins are equally attractive to children.
Ramayana & Mahabharata Gallery
The elaborate display on the great Indian epics - the Ramayana and the Mahabharata - is worth a visit. The sequence of clay models are organized in chronological order which gives every child a complete knowledge of such great epics. These displays bring children closer to their culture. The Ramayana and Mahabharata in miniature models create a world for a child where he or she can spend time for hours and learns about our heritage epics.
An overall assesment of the museum shows that it has a lot of things which can help to educate the children of our country who the young torchbearers of the nation someday. Till the mid 2001, more than 90 million adults and 1 million under-privileged children have stepped inside this Treasure World.
