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Location :- 19A, Gurusaday Road, Calcutta, West Bengal Timings :- 10.00 to 10.00 - 17.30. (Tuesday to Sunday ).
Birla Industrial and Technological Museum
Birla Industrial and Technological Museum was established in 1956 It
was built by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research; deals with basic
science and technology: has large number of exhibits, designed, prepared and
fabricated at its own workshop. Galleries cover models showing Electricity,
Nuclear Physics, Iron and Steel, Optics, Motive Power, Communication and Mining.
The Optics Gallery has since been converted into a Popular Science Gallery.
Popular activities of the Museum include films shows, demonstration-lectures,
hobby activities, periodical programs of sky-observation through telescopes.
Runs several mobile units for the rural areas. Regional Science Museums at Malda
and Purulia operate under this body.
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