Indian Museum Information & Main Attractions

 

 Indian Museum 

Established	1814; 206 years ago
Location	27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Park Street, Kolkata - 700016
Specialty	Rare that collections of antiques, armor and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings.

The Indian Museum in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in colonial-era texts, are the ninth oldest museum in the world, the oldest museum in India, and the largest museum in India. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in 1814. The founder curator was Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist.

It has six sections comprising thirty-five galleries of cultural and scientific artifacts namely Indian art, archaeology, anthropology, geology, zoology, and economic botany. Many rare and unique specimens, both Indian and trans-Indian, relating to humanities and natural sciences, are preserved and displayed in the galleries of these sections. In particular, the art and archaeology sections hold collections of international importance.

The museum has three floors. Each floor covers an area of around 930 square meters. Also, in between the museum, there is a small park, that has some grasses. Park is very normal.

There is a large elephant fossil with large tusks. 

 Elephant Skull in Indian Museum 

There are old paintings, clothes, a statue of Lord Vishnu in the twelfth century, a statue of Ganesha in the 15th century, and much more.

 Paintings Gallery, Indian Museum 

Moreover, the museum contains human skeletons millions of years ago. Also, with the help of these human skeletons, the museum shows how humans evolved from the past. In addition, there is a currency section, so that you can see the previously used coins. These coins were made of gold, silver, and other metals.

 Coin Section in Indian Museum 

It currently occupies a resplendent mansion, and exhibits among others: an Egyptian mummy. The mummy is being restored. 

 Egyptian human mummy, about 4,000 yrs old, at Indian Museum.

The Indian Museum is considered "the beginning of an important era in the country's socio-culture and scientific achievements. It is otherwise considered the beginning of modernity and the end of the Middle Ages." 

The nearest metro station to the Indian Museum in Park Street which is at a distance of 4km from the museum. One can easily take a bus or a taxi to reach the Indian Museum.