It has a notable collection of Indian art, paintings, textiles, sculptures, miniature paintings and manuscripts.
City - Kolkata
Genre - Art
Address - 2, Cathedral Road, Kolkata 700071, West Bengal
Timings - Museum: 12 pm to 7 pm daily (Monday closed); Art Galleries: 3 pm to 8 pm daily (closed on national holidays)
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum
It is an excellent place to get hands-on experience of practical science. It boasts of an extensive variety of gallery and design work from basic to advance science.
City - Kolkata
Genre - Science
Address - 19A, Gurusaday Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal
Timings - 10 am to 5:30 pm (Monday closed)
Gurusaday Museum
The Museum exhibits rich folk art and crafts of Bengal and has a collection of over two thousand items on display.
City - Kolkata
Genre - Folk
Address - Diamond Harbour Road, Bratacharygram, Joka, Kolkata 700104, West Bengal
Timings - 9.30 am to 6 pm
Indian Museum
The museum exhibits the heritage and culture of India. It comprises of six sections which includes thirty five galleries of cultural and scientific artifacts.
City - Kolkata
Genre - Multiple
Address - 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Park Street area, Kolkata, 700016 West Bengal
Timings - 10 am to 5 pm (March to November); 10 am to 4:30 pm (December to February); Closed on every Monday and National holidays.
Malda Museum
The museum conserves the anthropological and architectural samples of the region. It showcases ancient sculptures, artifacts, porcelains, inscriptions and other items.
City - English Bazar
Genre - History
Address - Bandh Road, English Bazar, West Bengal
Timings - 10:30 am to 5 pm; Till 2 pm on Wednesday; (Closed on Thursday)
Marble Palace
The Marble Palace exhibits the art forms of European nations. The palace contains numerous objects of art like statues, pictures, oil paintings, etc.
City - Kolkata
Genre - Historic house
Address - 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007, West Bengal
Timings - 10 am to 4 pm (Closed on Mondays and Thursdays)
Nehru Museum of Science and Technology
The museum provides a historical outlook to the development of Science and Technology via models, experiments, demonstrations, etc.
City - Kharagpur
Genre - Science and Technology
Address - Kharagpur, West Midnapore, West Bengal
Timings - 9:30 am to 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm (Closed on Saturday, Sunday and on all Institute Holidays)
Netaji Bhawan
This is an interesting place which celebrates the life and vision of Subhash Chandra Bose. It has several rooms with many things which have connections with Netaji.
City - Kolkata
Genre - Memorial hall
Address - Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani, near Netaji Bhavan Metro station, Kolkata
Timings - 11 am to 4:15 pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Rabindra Bharti Museum (Jorasanko Thakurbari)
This museum houses the memories of Rabindra Nath Tagore. It's the ancestral house of the Tagore family and at present a part of the Rabindra Bharati University.
City - Kolkata
Genre - History
Address - 6/4, Dwarakanath Tagore Lane, Kolkata 700007, west Bengal
Timings - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (Monday to Friday); 10:00 am to 1:30 pm (on Saturday); Closed on Sunday, Government and University Holidays
Science City Kolkata
Science City comes under the apex body of science museums/centres in India and has two facilities, the Science Centre and the Convention Centre.
City - Kolkata
Genre - Science
Address - J.B.S Haldane Avenue, Kolkata 700046, West Bengal
Timings - Daily from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
The Asiatic Society
The Asiatic Society has a museum of its own which possesses significant collections, inscriptions, sculptures, manuscripts, records, etc.
City - Kolkata
Genre - Social history
Address - 1, Park Street, Kolkata 700016, West Bengal
Timings - Monday to Friday: 10 am to 8 pm; Saturday: 9:45 am to 6:15 pm; (Sundays Closed)
Last updated on 06/05/2013
