This museum was established in 1878 on Jawaharlal Nehru Road. The museum is built in Italian architectural style and is considered as the largest museum in the country and one of the best in Asia. The largest museum in the country, the museum has six sections: Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Geology, Zoology and Industry (economic botany). From the Egyptian mummy to the skeleton of the whale and some rare statues; the museum has every thing. One of the rooms has a collection of meteorites. The museum also has a unique fossil collection of prehistoric animals which includes a giant crocodile and a huge tortorise. The art collection has many fine pieces from Orissa and other temples and superb example of Buddhist Gandharan art.

Kolkata Tourist Attraction

Victoria Memorial   Howrah Bridge Eden Gardens Saheed Minar Vidyasagar Setu
Birla Planetarium Kali Temple Nicco Park Science City Indian Museum Zoological Gardens
Rabindra Sadan Botanical Gardens Birla Mandir Tagore House Nalban