INDIAN MUSEUM, CALCUTTA
Location : East Of India
Capital : Calcutta
Tourist Attractions : Fort William, Victoria Memorial, Raj Bhavan
Best Time To Visit : Throughout the year.
Capital : Calcutta
Tourist Attractions : Fort William, Victoria Memorial, Raj Bhavan
Best Time To Visit : Throughout the year.
This
museum was established in 1878. Built in Italian architectural style, it
is considered the largest museum in the country and one of the best in
Asia. The range of exhibits at the Indian museum are amazing: from the
Egyptian mummy to the skeleton of the whale and some rare statutes. One of
the rooms has a collection of meteorites. The museum also has a unique
collection of fossils of prehistoric animals which includes a giant
crocodile and a huge tortoise. The art collection has many fine pieces
from Oriya and other temples and superb examples of Buddhist Gandharan
art.
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