INDIAN MUSEUM

Indian Museum is the oldest and largest museum in our country. Founded on February 2, 1814, by Dr Nathanial Wallich, a Danish Botanist, the Indian Museum is the first Museum in the Asia-Pacific region and has played the role of a leader in setting the tone for the museum movement in the continent…Read More... Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (at the present building of the Asiatic Society, 1 Park Street, Kolkata), Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. With the foundation of Indian Museum in 1814, the Museum movement started rolling in India and through the years from then, got a new fillip and great momentum. Since then, it has so magnificently developed and culminated into the fruitful existence of more than 400 museums in the country. The movement, which was started in 1814, in fact was the beginning of a significant epoch initiating the..

Also known as: iNDIAN mUSEUM kOLKATA

Primary location: Kolkata