Indian Museum in West BengalWest Bengal is one of the states that pioneered modern museum development in India with prestigious institutions like the Indian Botanical Garden (1787), the Asiatic Society (1784), the Indian Museum (1814) and many others.

Indian Museum was built in 1875 and it is an extraordinary building in the Italian style of architecture. This happens to be the largest Museum in the country and features six sections, namely Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Geology, Zoology and Industry (Economic Botany).

The museum is closed on Mondays.

Town Hall is a historical Hall in Kolkata that had been the venue of public meetings and social gatherings since its foundation in 1814.

The architecture is in Doric style that required almost Rs. 7 lakhs by means of public lotteries. Town Hall has recently been restored to its original form with the addition of a library and an Archive.

Asiatic Society was built on January 15, 1784. A meeting was held at the Fort William with thirty leading European citizens of Kolkata, presided over by the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Chambers of the Supreme Court and there a proposal of founding a Society for antiquities, arts, science and literature of Asia was passed.

Central Municipal Building was built in 1872. This Municipal Office was built at a cost of Rs. 1 lakh exclusive of the price of the land. Mr. Osmond of Mackintosh Burn & Co designed the building and the total cost of construction of 1.98 lakh.

Netaji Bhawan was originally it was the house of Subhash Chandra Bose or The Netaji. The display in the museum includes a giant collection of photographs, personal belonging and letter of Netaji`s.

Academy of Fine Arts was established in 1933 and the archive of this museum include contemporary Indian Art including specimens of art of medieval Bengal and Indian textiles, medieval Indian miniature paintings, Kashmir shawls, 19th century prints and some unique stone sculptures.

Asutosh Museum of Indian Art was built in 1937 and named after the great educationist, Asutosh Mookerjee.

The museum was built with the objective of collecting, preserving and exhibiting objects of Indian art and antiquity with special focus on Eastern India and specifically Bengal.

Museums uphold national heritage and promote international understanding. West Bengal pioneered modern museum development in India with institutions like the Asiatic Society (1784), the Indian Botanic Garden (1787) and the Indian Museum (1814) - institutions which are among the oldest in India and till today remain.

|| Asiatic Society, Calcutta

|| Academy of Fine Arts

|| Asutosh Museum of Indian Art

|| Birla Industrial & Technological Museum

|| Birla Planetarium