Indian Museum

Location : At the intersection of Park Street-Chowringhee road on 27 Jawaharlal Nehru Road.

Famous as : Museum

Time to visit : Anytime of the day.

Preferred timings : 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. (Monday closed).

Admission Fee :

How to reach : One can board the underground metro rail and disembark at Park street station. Local buses and taxis are available from various points of the city.

Nearest International Airport : Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.

Time required for sight seeing : 2 hour

Parking : Hourly parking rates applicable.

The Indian Museum in Kolkata is by far India's biggest museum and is ranked as one of the best in Asia. You will be spell bound by the sheer variety of collections ranging from a room full of meteorites to fossils and skeletons of prehistoric animals. The museum also showcases rare paintings and artifacts of ancient and modern India.

One of the prized possessions of the Indian Museum are the ash remains of Lord Buddha. The museum is a must visit site especially for children as the learn about the evolution of man from pre-historic times. The Egyptian mummy draws hordes of visitors. As far as historical antiquities are concerned the museum is a virtual treasure trove with a splendid collection of 50,000 coins and many Buddhist artifacts which keep the visitors spell bound.

Special attraction

fossils and skeletons of prehistoric animals, Gandhara art, Tibetan Thankas, Kalighat Pal, and other rare paintings.