Indian museum kolkata

We all have heard about the beautiful city of India, Kolkata. It is a place of cultures. This is the palace where the oldest and biggest Indian museum is located. I always wanted to visit this amazing place at least once. Due to some personal problems, I would be able to visit it. All thanks to Google Arts and Culture, I was able to experience a staggering virtual tour. after landing on the Indian Museum page, there was a short introduction to the museum. There they described the history of the museum that was founded in 1814, in the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. They classified them into three main wings—Archeology, Anthropology, and Art—which are filled with various objects ranging from idols, caskets, mummies, and textiles to the collections of zoological, botanical, and geological surveys of India. They demonstrated the richness of Indian artwork: ancient civilizations; Buddha sculptures; ancient coins; and the various deities with their different ways of worship. They circulated the museum in eight different galleries to explore every corner, so it was easy to understand. The first thing I saw was the Buddha gallery. I have a Buddha statue at my home. I follow him and also read about him. There were so many statues of Buddha in their temples, which explained the story of their lives. It was fascinating to me. I felt like I was actually there. It was so real. There were statues of our gods. Our ancestors used to wear ancient coins, different types of ...

Reading Time: 9 minutes West Bengal is the land of intellectuals and is known for its rich history. Not only is it the state capital but it is also the cultural capital of India for being home to some of the best authors, musicians, and artists born on Indian soil, including Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel laureate and the author of the national anthem of India. The rich history of Kolkata can be traced to the several museums that it houses. Museums in Kolkata offer an altogether different perspective of the city. When you plan for a tour to the city, your 1. Indian Museum Indian Museum is India’s second largest museum. It is sometimes called Jaadughar, or “House of Magic”. The Asiatic Society of Bengal established it in 1814, making it the oldest museum in the country. This is a must-visit place for history buffs as it houses a wide range of artefacts, ranging from ancient relics to marvellous Mughal paintings. The museum has been divided into 6 sections and it has a total of 35 galleries. These galleries showcase artefacts of Indian art, ecology, zoology, anthropology, and archaeology. You can also view some unusual remnants of the Indus Valley civilisation in this museum, along with some Buddhist relics, ornaments, and ancient scriptures. It also houses the only Egyptian mummy in Kolkata. If you want to see a mummy in a Kolkata museum, this is where you should head to. Indian Museum is open to visit from 10 am to 6:30 am on the weekdays and 10 am to 8 pm on the weekends. I...

Bara Pa, or Big Feet, was the name given to the first femur found at the excavation site. It measured over 1.7 metres, roughly the same size as the This Nature in 1962. Amid the celebration, nearly 10 tonnes of fossil bone material were excavated and brought to Calcutta to be studied for 15 years. In 1977, the bones were mounted to recreate the animal’s skeleton in time for the fourth international Gondwana Symposium at the Geological Society of India. There was pride in the exhibit – it was the only mounted dinosaur in Asia at the time. Standing 60 feet tall, 13 feet wide and weighing about 20 tonnes, the Barapasaurus disproved earlier theories that gigantic sauropods did not exist in the early Jurassic period. A scale model of the dinosaur was exhibited as a float during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi in 1995. But then amnesia crept in. The Barapasaurus remained locked up with other Mesozoic treasures in the Geological Study Unit museum, inside the Indian Statistical Institute on Barrackpore Trunk Road. The public stopped caring about the invaluable discovery, and its home in Calcutta. Despite being a public museum, access is today limited – permission to enter is required from the office on the second floor, because the fossils are still the subject of ongoing research. Government funds are at a minimum – the museum cannot afford the protective coating needed to preserve the fossils and is languishing without artists and other technical staff. According to the hea...