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Bhagalpur
Museum
Station Club, Sandis Compound Bhagalpur 812003 Bihar
India
Sculpture, terracottas, arms. Guide service, lectures, film shows.
Timings : Summer 1000-1730 hrs; Winter 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on
Mondays and government holidays. Entry free Photography
allowed. |
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Local Museum
Bhanpura Madhya Pradesh India
Archaeological objects and sculpture. Timings : 1000-1300 hrs
and 1400-1700 hrs. Open all days. Entry free |
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Government
Museum
Baratpur Fort Bharatpur 321001 Rajasthan India
Sculpture, coins, armoury, zoological specimens, paintings.
Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Fridays and other gazetted
holidays. Entry free Photography allowed for research
purposes only. |
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Ghandi
Museum
Gandhi Smriti Bhavnagar 364001 Gujarat India
Tel:4024
Audio-visual meterials, prayer records, lectures photostat copies of
Mahatma Gandhi's letters. Library, guide service, film shows on
Fridays. Timings : Summer 0830-1200 hrs and 1500-1900 hrs;
Winter 0830-1200 hrs and 1430-1830 hrs. Closed on Mondays and public
holidays. Entry free Photography allowed on payment of Rs
2.00 per snap. |
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Children's
Museum
Ghandhi Smriti Bhavnagar 364001 Gujarat India
Tel:4024
An educational musem based on basic training and recreation for
children. Guide service, lectures, film shows. Timings: Summer
0830-1200 hrs and 1500-1900 hrs; Winter 0830-1200 hrs and 1430-1830
hrs. Closed on Mondays and public holidays. Entry free
Photography allowed. |
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Barton Museum
Ghandhi Smirti Bhavnagar 364001 Gujarat India
Tel:4024
Antiquities, copperplates, manuscripts, fossils, coins, Guide service,
lectures, film shows. Timings : Summer 0830-1200 hrs and
1500-1900 hrs; Winter 0830-1200 hrs and 1430-1830 hrs. Closed on
Mondays and public holidays. Entry free Photography not
allowed. |
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Arts and Crafts
Museum
Ghandi Smriti Bhavnagar 364001 Gujarat India
Tel:4024
Arts and crafts of Gujarat. Guide service, lectures, film shows.
Timings : Summer 0830-1200 hrs and 1500-1900 hrs; Winter 0830-1200 hrs
and 1430-1900 hrs. Closed on Mondays and public holidays. Entry
free Photography not allowed. |
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State Museum
Banganga Marg Bhopal Madhya Pradesh India
Tel:63207
Sculpture, paintings, objects of arts and crafts, coins. Library,
guide service, film shows,lectures. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs.
Closed on Mondays and government holidays. Entry free
Photography permitted as per State Government rules. |
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Tribal Research
& Development Institute
36 Shamla Hills Bhopal Madhya Pradesh India
Tel:4492,3493
Ethnological specimens representing material culture of schedulded
tribes. Library, guide service. Timings : 1030-1700 hrs. Closed
on Sundays, second Saturdays and gazetted holidays. Entry free
Photography allowed with permission. |
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Central Museum
Bhopal Madhya Pradesh India
Paintings, coins, porcelain, toys of metals and ivory, wood work,
needle work, handicrafts. Guide service. Timings : 1030-1700
hrs. Closed on Sundays and gazetted holidays. Entry free |
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Birla
Museum
PO Vallabh Bhavan Bhopal 462004 Madhya Pradesh India
Tel:64387
Stone sculpture, terracottas, manuscripts, tools, coins. Library,
guide service, film shows, lectures. Timings : 0900-1700 hrs.
Closed on Mondays and gazetted holidays. Entry free
Photography allowed with permission. |
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Orissa
State Museum
PO Bhubaneswar 750014, District Puri Bhubaneswar Orissa
India Tel:52897
Archaeological objects, palm-leaf and paper manuscripts, portraits,
models. Library, guide service, lectures occasionally. Timings :
1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Mondays and government holidays. Entry
free Photography allowed. |
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Kachchh Museum
Bhuj 370001 Gujarat India Tel:541
Anthropological, archaeological, shipping, numismatics. Library, guide
service, film shows on Fridays. Timings : 0900-1200 hrs and
1500-1800 hrs. Closed on Wednesdays and government holidays.
Photography allowed on payment of Rs 2.00 per snap. |
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Government
Museum
Basavakalayan, Bidar District Bidar Karnataka India
Arcgaeological objects and sculpture. Library, film shows on Saturdays
at 1800 hrs, lectures. Timings : Summer 0730-1330 hrs; Winter
0900-1800 hrs. Closed on Mondays and general holidays.
Photography allowed. |
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Archaeological
Museum
Bijapur Karnataka India
Armoury, porcelain, chinaware, coins, miniatures, manuscipts, carpets,
stone sculpture. Library, guide service on demand, lectures, film
shows. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Fridays. Entry
free Photography allowed. |
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Government
Museum
Bikaner 334001 Rajasthan India Tel:44293
Archaeological objects, garments, arms, pottery, anatomy, local
industry. Library. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Fridays.
Entry free Photography allowed. |
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Archaeological
Museum
District Gaya Bodhagaya 824231 Bihar India
Tel:39
Stone, sculpture, bronzes, antiques. Library. Timings :
1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Fridays. Entry free Photography
with permission. |
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National
Maritime Museum
Bombay Maharashtra India
Historical treasures of India obtained from other countries, models of
ships built in Bombay. |
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Heras
Institute of Indian History and Culture
St Xavier's College Bombay 400001 Maharashtra India
Tel:266661
Antiquities, terracottas. Lectures. Timings : 1400-1600 hrs on
Thursdays by appointment; any time on Weekdays. Closed on Sundays and
holidays. Entry free Photography allowed. |
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Mani
Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya
19 Laburnum Road, Gamdevi Bombay 400007 Maharashtra
India Tel:8227864
Photographs and stamps of Gandhi, Photostat copies of his letters,
books, models of his house and ashrams. Library, lectures, school
programmes, guide service, film shows. Timings : 0930-1800 hrs.
Closed on national holidays. Photography allowed. |
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Parsi
Panchayat Museum
Khareghat Memorial Hall , Kharegath Colony NS Patekar Marg
Bombay 400007 Maharashtra India Tel:351364
Library, guide service. Timings : Monday to Friday 1030-1730
hrs; Saturdays and Sundays: 1030-1300 hrs. Entry free
Photography allowed with permission. |
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Pathology Museum
Grant Medical College Bombay 400008 Maharashtra
India Tel:860943/58
3000 pathological specimens. Library, lectures for medical students
only. Timings : 0930-1630 hrs. Closed on sundays and gazetted
holidays. After 1300 hrs on Saturdays. Entry free
Photography not allowed. |
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Anatomy Museum
Seth GS Medical
College, Parel Bombay 400012 Maharashtra India
Tel:442201
1750 specimens (human and a few animal specimens) mounted in jars.
Timings : 0930-1630 hrs. Closed on Sundays and bank holidays.
Entry free Photography allowed. |
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Pathology Museum
Seth GS Medical College, Parel Bombay 400012 Maharashtra
India Tel:442201
2000 specimens of diseased human organs. Timings : 0930-1630
hrs. Closed on Sundays and bank holidays. Entry free
Photography not allowed. |
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Jehangir
Nicholson Museum of Modern Art
Nariman Point Bombay 400021 Maharashtra India
Tel:233838
Contamporary paintings. Timings : 1100-1900 hrs. Open on all
days. Entry free |
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Bombay Natural
History Society
Hornbill House, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road Bombay 400023
Maharashtra India Tel:257277
Mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, amphibians. Film shows, lectures.
Timings : Not open to public. Office timings: 1000-1330 hrs and
1400-1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays and gazetted holidays. Entry
free Photography allowed. |
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Princa of
Wales Museum of Western India
Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort Bombay 400023 Maharashtra
India Tel:244484,244519
Sculpture, paintings, bronzes, armour, antiquities, metal ware.
Lectures. Timings : 1015-1800 hrs. Closed on Mondays and
national holidays. Photography not allowed. |
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Dr Bhau Daji Lad
Museum (Viktoria and Albert Museum)
91A Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Byculla Bombay 400027
Maharashtra India Tel:377121
Armoury, sculpture, pottery, leather work, ivory, manuscrits,
paintings, fossils minerals. Library. Timings : Sundays:
0830-1720 hrs. On other working days: 1030-1720 hrs. Closed on Mondays
and eight important public holidays. Photography allowed on
payment. |
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District Museum
West Kameng Distt Bomdila 790001 Arunachal Pradesh
India
Art and craft objects. Guide service, film shows fortnightly during
office hours. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays and
government holidays. Entry free Photography not allowed. |
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Gurusaday Museum
of Bengal Folk Art
PO Joka, District 24 Parganas. Bratacharigram West Bengal
India
Terracottas, brass, bronze,sculpture, dolls, toys, musical
instruments, manuscripts. Guide service. Timings : 1100-1700
hrs.Closed on Thursdays and state government holidays.
Photography with permission. |
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Government
Educational Museum
DISO Bulandshahr Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh India
Tel:480
Historical and scientific exhibits, toys, charts and maps, models,
books, paintings, coins. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on s
Sundays and gazetted holidays. Entry free |
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Bangiya
Sahitya Parisad Museum
243/1 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road Calcutta West Bengal
India Tel:353743
Antiques, icons, insriptions andimages both of metal and stone. It
includes apparel and articles of Rammohun Roy, Vidyasagar, original
diaries of Sister Nivedita and others. Film shows, lectures.
Timings : 1300-1900 hrs. Closed on Thursdays and public holidays.
Entry free Photography allowed on some conditions. |
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RG Kar
Medical College
1 Belgachia Road Calcutta West Bengal India
Mainly post operative specimens. Lectures. Timings : 1100-1600
hrs. Closed on Sundays and government holidays. Entry free
Photography allowed exept in some special cases. |
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Muncipal
Museum
College Street Market ( North Block) Calcutta West Bengal
India
Public and civil health and indigenous products. Timings :
1030-1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays and other holidays. |
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Indian Museum
27 Jawaharial Nehru Road Calcutta West Bengal India
Tel:239855, 234584
Ivory, bronze, jewellery, temple banners, costumes, masks, sculpture,
terracottas, coins, manuscrits, mammals, reptiles, birds. Guide
service, lectures, film shows. Timings : March to November
1000-1700 hrs; December to February 1000-1630 hrs. Closed on Mondays
and important holidays. Photography allowed. |
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Crafts Museum
9-12 Old Court House Street Calcutta West Bengal
India Tel:237205
Rural arts, crafts, ivory, metal objects and textiles from different
regions of India. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. |
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State
Archaeological Gallery
33,Chittaranjan Avenue (1st and 4th floors) Calcutta West
Bengal India Tel:236631, 236635,236636
Antiquiteis, sculpture, metal, ivory, paintings, manuscripts. Guide
service, lectures. Timings : 1200-1600 hrs. Closed on Saturdays,
Sundays, public and gazetted holidays. Entry free
Photography not allowed. |
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Birla
Planetarium
96 Jawaharial Nehru Road Calcutta West Bengal India
Tel:446619
Exhibits pertaining to various fields of astronomy, astrphysics and
celestial mechanics. Guide service occasionally, lectures, film shows.
Timings : 1200-1930 hrs on weekdays; 1000-2100 hrs on Sundays and
holidays. Photography not allowed. |
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Asiatic Society
1 Park Street Calcutta West Bengal India
Tel:240539
Manuscripts, coins, paintings, sculpture. Guide service, lectures.
Timings : 1200-1900 hrs on working days; Saturdays:1200-1530 hrs.
Closed on Sundays. Entry free Photography allowed. |
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Ethnographic
Museum of the Cultural Research Institute
New Secretariat Buildings (1st floor),1 KS Roy Road Calcutta
700001 West Bengal India Tel:23-6271 Extn 136/173
Ethnographic specimens. Library. Timings : 1030-1730 hrs on
weekdays, Saturdays 1030-1400 hrs. Closed on Sundays and holidays.
Entry free Photography with permission. |
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Marble Palace
Art Gallery and Zoo
46 Muktaram Babu Street Calcutta 700007 West Bengal
India Tel:343310
Marble, bronze, wood work, paint, glass, porcelain. Library, guide
service, lectures, film shows. Timings : 1000-1600 hrs. Closed
on Mondays and Thursdays. Entry free Photography allowed
for documentary purpose. |
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Rabindra
Bharati Museum
6/4 Dwarkanath Tagore Lane Calcutta 700007 West Bengal
India Tel:345241
Paintings of Tagore, photographs, personal effects, books, journals,
tapes and disc records. Library, guide service, lectures, film shows.
Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Saturdays 1000-1330 hrs. Closed on Sundays,
government holidays and university holidays. Entry free
Photography with permission. |
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Government
Industrial and Commercial Museum
45 Ganesh Chandra Avenue Calcutta 700013 West Bengal
India Tel:24-3290
Industrial and commercial products of West Bengal, handicrafts and
objects of folk art. Library, lectures. Timings : 1030-1730 hrs
on Weekdays; Saturdays: 1030-1400 hrs. Closed on Sundays and gazetted
holidays. Entry free Photography with special permission. |
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Industrial
Section, Indian Museum
1 Sunder Street Calcutta 700016 West Bengal India
Specimens and exhibits of plants and plant products, economic
herbarium. Library, guide service, school programmes, film shows on
request. Timings : Summer 1000-1700 hrs; Winter 1000-1630 hrs.
Closed on Mondays and other national holidays. Photography
allowed on prior permission. |
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Academy of Fine
Arts
Cathedral Road Calcutta 700016 West Bengal India
Tel:44-4205
Rabindranath's paintings and personal belongings, letters,
manuscripts, sculpture, old miniature paintings, lithographs,
manuscripts, engravings. Library guide Service, lectures, film shows.
Timings : 1500-2000 hrs. Closed on Mondays. Photography with
permission. |
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Birla
Industrial and Technological Museum
19A Gurusaday Road Calcutta 700019 West Bengal India
Tel:447241 (3lines) and 446102
Models and exhibits on various branches of physical sciences, industry
and technology including original objects. Library, guide service,
film shows from Tuesday to Friday at 1500 hrs, Saturdays and sundays
at 1230 hrs and 1500 hrs. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on
Mondays, Holi and Kali Puja days. Photography allowed. |
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Nehru Children's
Museum
94/1 Chowringhee Road Calcutta 700020 West Bengal
India Tel:443516
The Ramayana depicted in 1500 miniature models; the Mahabharata
depicted in 2000 miniature models, dolls and toys, science gallery.
Library, guide service, lectures, film shows. Timings :
1100-1900 hrs. Closed on Mondays. Photography allowed. |
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Netaji
Museum
38/2 Lala Lajpat Road Calcutta 700020 West Bengal
India Tel:473745
Original letters, manuscripts, paintings, sculpture, original
documents andphotostat copies of letters, documents concerning the
life, activities and thoughts of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Sarat
Chandra Bose. Guide service, lectures, film shows. Timings :
1200-1800 hrs. Closed on Mondays and declared holidays.
Photography not allowed. |
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Institute of
Port Management
New Traffic Building (2nd Floor), 40 Circular Garden Reach Road
Calcutta 700024 West Bengal India Tel:455453/451091
Models, charts, photographs, maps. Film shows arranged for invited
audience , lectures. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays
and holidays. Photography allowed on prior permission from the
Director. |
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National Library
Alipore Calcutta 700027 West Bengal India
Tel:455381
Rare books, manuscripts, original letters and notes of eminent
personalities. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs on weekdays. |
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