Indian Museum

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The Indian Museum is a grand museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest, as well as the largest museum in Asia, by size of collection. It has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in 1814. The founder curator was Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist.

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Calcutta Museum; Indian Museum Kolkata; Indian Museum, Kolkata
national museum, India, 


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    Toilet - Indian Museum, Kolkata
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    European Prize for Fine Arts (by European Union of Arts, Miro Gallery, Prague 2007) with Prof. PhDr. Miroslav Klivar (cropped)
    The Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Smt. Ambika Soni, adoring an ancient Buddha statue at Indian Museum in Kolkata on July 5, 2006
    European Prize for Fine Arts (by European Union of Arts, Miro Gallery, Prague 2007) with Prof. PhDr. Miroslav Klivar
    Indian Museum, Kolkata.
    Indian Museum, Kolkata.
    Indian Museum, Kolkata.
    Indian Museum, the Imperial Museum at Calcutta.
    Indian Museum, the Imperial Museum at Calcutta.