Ideal Duration: 1-2 hours
Best Time: Throughout the year
Nearest Airport: Netaji Subhas Chandra
Nearest Railway Station: Howrah, Sealdah
The Indian Museum is the ninth oldest museum in the world, and it is the largest museum in India. This museum situated in Kolkata, the City of Joy. The foundation stone of this museum laid down in the year 1814.
This museum is popularly known as Jadughar, and it has the finest collection of contemporary paintings, Egyptian mummies, sacred relics of Buddha. Along with this, the museum also exhibits some of the most exquisite collections of fossils, ornaments, skeletons, armors, antiques, and stunning Mughal paintings.
This museum has 35 galleries that have been divided into six categories, namely Archaeology, Art, Anthropology, Geology, Economics, Botany, and Zoology.
There is also a library and a bookshop present within the museum premises.
In February 2014, this museum celebrated its bicentennial anniversary with great zeal.
A visit to this museum will surely take you back in time to nuttiness our fascinating past and history.
Weekly Close Days: Monday
Throughout the year 10:00 AM - 06:30 PM, Last Entry: 06:00 PM
Throughout the year 10:00 AM - 08:00 PM, Last Entry: 07:45 PM
Indians: INR 50 (Adult 18 Plus)
Other Countries: INR 500 (Adult 18 Plus)
For All: INR 20 (Kids above 5 Years)
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