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Location :-
27, Jawarharlal Nehru Road, Calcutta, West Bengal
Timings :-
10.00 to 17.00 (March – November) & 10.00 to 16.30
(December – February). Opens on all days except Mondays and recognized holidays.
Indian Museum
 Indian
Museum was established in 1914. First of its kind and still the largest in the
country. The Museum has six sections : Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Geology,
Zoology, and Industry (Economic Botany).
The Art Section comprises Tibetan temple banners, metal images, enamelled wares,
bidriwares, ornaments, silver wares, glass wares, pottery, ivory and bone work,
wooden sculptures, leather objects, lacquered toys.
The Archaeological Section displays stone-age artifacts from India and abroad,
pre-historic antiquities from Mohenjodaro, Harappa
The Anthropological Section displays numerous objects of material cultures of
both tribal and non-tribal peoples of India.
The extensive Geological Section has over 80,000 specimens, displayed in four
galleries showing varieties of meteorites, precious stones, ornamental building
stones, rocks and minerals and fossils.
The Zoological section, is rich with innumerable specimens of insects, fish,
reptiles, mammals and birds. The industrial Section has several thousand
botanical specimens bearing upon medicine, forestry, agriculture and
cottage-industry. The Museum has a publication unit and a library.
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