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Location :-
Queen's Way, Calcutta, West Bengal
Timings :-
This museum is open daily except Monday from 10:00
am to 3:00 pm and until 4:30 in summer.
Victoria Memorial Museum
The impressive Victoria Memorial houses a collection of the British colonial
period. Visitors are greeted by a life-size statue of young Victoria (By Sir
Thomas Brock). There are enormous oil paintings in the Royal Gallery,
illustrating episodes from queen Victoria's long, eventful life and reign and a
large painting titled "The Entry of King Edward VII into Jaipur in 1876"(by a
Russian artist). Also on display are books on the 'Raj', sculptures of Clive and
other Governor Generals and a superb collection of paintings.
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