Indian Museum, Kolkata - Largest museum in India
Indian Museum is the largest museum in India. In this museum you will get a rear collection of the fossils, animals bone, mummies, skeletons, ancients painting, sculptures, manuscripts eic. This museum has six sections Arts, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Zoology and economy botany.
Indian Museum is the largest museum in India. In this museum you will get a rear collection of the fossils, animals bone, mummies, skeletons, ancients painting, sculptures, manuscripts eic. This museum has six sections Arts, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Zoology and economy botany.
The Art section sections contain ornament, glass wares, toys, pottery, ivory, metal images wooden script etc.
The Anthropology sections contain different type of tribes and non tribes cultures.
The Archaeology sections contain pre-history period information, stone age information with a lots of terra cottas.
The Geology sections contain rocks, fossils, stone, ornaments and many more other things which give the information about the ancient periods.
The Zoology sections contain a huge verities of insects, mammals, reptiles, birds etc of both ancients and current periods.
The botany sections medicine, agriculture and forestry.Contact details and entry fee of Indian museum, Kolkata
Address : 27 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, Kolkata.
Visiting Hour : 10 am to 5 pm every day except Monday.
Contact Number : 033-2249 9902 / 9979
Fax number : 033-2249 5699
Closed for public : Every Monday, Republic Day, Holi, Independence Day, Mahatma Gandhi birthday, Durga Puja, Dipawali and Id-Ul-Fitr.
Entry Fee : For Indian :Rs.10 for all, free for babies less than 3 years.
For Foreigner Rs.150
The official website of Indian museum, Kolkata is http://indianmuseumkolkata.org/