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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.
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The Indian Museum (formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta before independence,) is a massive museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest and largest museum in India and Asia, by size of collection.
Learn about the origin and growth of the Indian Museum, the earliest and the largest multipurpose museum in Asia, founded in 1814 by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Explore the six sections of the museum, from art to zoology, and the donors and collectors who contributed to its rich collections.
Indian Museum is one of the largest and oldest encyclopaedic museums in Asia. It has its origin linked to the Asiatic Society, founded by Sir William Jones in 1784 which later on emerged as a separate entity called the Imperial Museum.
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3 hours ago · Nicolas facino at the grand Bach concert at the Indian Museum. Sundas Jawed. Jun 29, 2024, 01:00PM IST Source: TNN. music. Facebook.
Jun 14, 2024 · An astute young visitor to Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting counted 123 elephants across the exhibition. [1] Some are easy to find, such as the majestic portrayals of bejeweled pachyderms of the Mughal court standing in profile against a plain or colored ground (fig. 1).
