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Indian Museum

This museum was established in the year 1878. Built in Italian architectural style, it is considered the largest museum in the country and one of the greatest in Asia. The ranges of exhibits at the Indian museum are wonderful: from the Egyptian mummy to the skeleton of the whale and some rare statutes. One of the rooms has a group of meteorites. The museum also has a unique collection of fossils of prehistoric animals which includes a massive crocodile and a huge tortoise. The art collection has many fine pieces from Oriya and other temples and best examples of Buddhist Gandharan art.

 

Location : Calcutta

Academy of Fine Arts

Recognized in the year 1933, Collections include contemporary Indian Art including specimens’ art of medieval Bengal and Indian textiles, Kashmir shawls, medieval Indian miniature paintings, 19th century prints and some stone sculptures. ‘Rabindra Gallery’ opened in 1962 contains creative paintings, published and unpublished manuscripts in Bengali and English and personal belongings of the poet. The Academy also runs an Artists’ studio for the assistance of working artists.

 

Location : Cathedral Road, Calcutta

Asutosh Museum of Indian Art

Asutosh Museum Established in 1937. Named after the great educationist, Asutosh Mookerjee, set up for the intention of collecting, preserving and exhibiting objects of Indian art and antiquity with special emphasis on Eastern India and more specially Bengal. The museum collects folk art and crafts of Bengal and India, conducts rural culture review and undertakes some archaeological excavations.

Location : University of Calcutta, Centenary Buildings, Calcutta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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