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Birla Academy of
Art and Culture Museum
108-109 Southern Avenue Calcutta 700029 West Bengal
India Tel:469802
Paintings of the medieval period, modern art, anthropology. Library.
Timings : 1530-1800 hrs. Closed on Mondays. |
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State
Archaeological Museum
1 Satyendra Nath Roy Road, Behala Calcutta 700034 West
Bengal India
Prehistory, stone artefacts, pottery, antiquities, metal ivory, coins,
manuscripts. Guide service, lectures. Timings : 1200-1600 hrs.
Closed on Sundays and government holidays. Photography with
permission. |
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Faculty of
Veterinary and Animal Science
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, 37 Belgachia Road,
Calcutta 700037 West Bengal India Tel:56-3165/66
Collections from hospitals, slaughter houses. Guide service, lectures,
film shows on weekdays 1100-1600 hrs. Timings : University
timings. Closed on Saturdays (second half) and Sundays.
Entry free Photography allowed. |
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Jute Museum
12 Regent Park Calcutta 700040 West Bengal India
Tel:723191-92-97.
Story of the jute cultivation, marketing, manufacturing of jute goods.
Timings : 0930-1630 hrs. Closed on 2nd Saturdays, Sundays and central
government holidays. Entry free Photography allowed with
special permission. |
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Industrial
Safety Museum of Regional Labour Institute
Lake Town Calcutta 700055 West Bengal India
Tel:572731, 572732, 573254
Exhibits on industrial safety, hygiene and occupational health.
Library, guide service, lectures, film shows. Timings :
1000-1700 hrs. Closed on second Saturdays, Sundays and government
holidays.
Entry free |
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Victoria
Memorial Hall
1 Queen's Way Calcutta 700071 West Bengal India
Tel:445154
Drawings, busts, statues, manuscripts, documents, stamps, coins. Guide
service, lectures, library. Timings : 1 March to 31 October
1000-1700 hrs; 1 November to 28 February 1000-1600 hrs. Closed on
Mondays and gazetted holidays. Photography on certain conditions
permitted. |
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Ashutosh
Museum of Indian Art
Centenary Building (First Floor), Calcutta University, College Street
Calcutta 700073 West Bengal India Tel:343014
Stone, bronze, sculpture, paintings, coins, terracottas. Film shows,
lectures occasionally. Timings : 1030-1730 hrs. Closed on
Saturdays, Sundays and university holidays. Entry free
Photography with permission. |
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Art
Gallery and Krishna Menon Museum
East Hill Calicut 673005 Kerala India
Paintings, wood and ivory carvings. Timings : 0930-1230 hrs and
1430-1730 hrs. Closed on Mondays. Entry free Photography
with prior permission. |
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Shree
Rajani Parekh Arts and Shree Keshavlal Bulakhidas Commerce College
Museum
Cambay 388620 Gujarat India Tel:2457
Icons of different periods, coins, pieces of wood carving,
antiquities. Library, guide service, lectures occasionally, school
programmes. Timings : 1130-1800 hrs. Closed on Sundays and other
holidays.
Entry free Photography allowed with permission. |
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Bhuri
Singh Museum
Chamba 176310 Himachal Pradesh India
Pahari paintings and others, bronzes, copperplates, historical
letters, wood carvings, arms, ornaments, old photographs, coins,
manuscripts. Library, guide service, lectures, film shows
occasionally. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Mondays and
gazetted holidays. Entry free Photography allowed with
prior permission. |
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Museum and Art
Gallery
Institute Chandernagar, The Residency Chandernagar West
Bengal India
Relics of French in India and valuable documents; relics of local
fighters, paintings, terracottas, antiques. Timings : Weekdays
1600-1830 hrs; Sundays 1100-1700 hrs. Closed on Thursdays. |
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Government
Museum and Art Gallery
Sector 10C Chandigarh 160010 Northern & Central Region
India Tel:25568
Gandhara and Brahminical sculpture, paintings, prehistoric relics.
Library, guide service, lectures film shows on Sundays and Saturdays.
Timings : 1000 -1630 hrs. Closed on Monday and gazetted holdays.
Photography allowed with prior permissions. |
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Zoology Museum
Punjab University Chandigarh 160014 Northern & Central
Region India Tel:22942
Items representing different groups of invertebrates and vertebrates.
Guide service. Timings : Summer 0730-1330 hrs; Winter
0900-1700hrs. Closed on Sunday and gazetted holidays.
Entry free Photography not allowed. |
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Botany
Department
Punjab University Chandigarh 160014 Northern & Central
Region India Tel:25026
Plant materials. Lectures, film shows. Timings : 0900-1700 hrs.
Closed on Sundays. Entry free Photography not allowed. |
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Museum of Fine
Arts
Punjab University Chandigarh 160014 Northern & Central
Region India Tel:22779
Contemporary paintings, sculpture and graphic art. Lectures, film
shows. Timings : Summer 1400-1700 hrs; Winter 1000-1300 hrs.
Closed on Mondays. Entry free Photography with permission. |
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Tribal Research
and Development Institute
Circular Road,
Chhindwada 480001 Madhya Pradesh India Tel:441
Ethnological specimens representing material culture of scheduled
tribes. Guide service, film shows, lectures. Timings : 1030-1700
hrs. Closed on Sundays, second Saturdays and gazetted holidays.
Entry free Photography allowed with permission. |
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Local
Antiquities Museum
Chitradurga 577501 Karnataka India
Arms, sculpture, portraits, manuscripts, neoliths, coins, beads.
Library, guide service. Timings : 0900-1800 hrs. Closed on
Mondays and gazetted holidays. Entry free Photography with
prior permission. |
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Archaeological
Museum
Mattancherry
Palace Cochin 682002 Kerala India
Ornaments, dress, weapons, paintings.Library, film shows.
Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Fridays. Entry free
Photography with permission. |
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Gass
Forest Museum
Southern Forest Ranger's College and Research Centre Coimbatore
641002 Tamil Nadu IndiaTel:22642
Forestry and allied products. Library. Timings : 0900-1300 hrs
and 1400-1630 hrs. Closed on Sundays, 2nd Saturdays and public
holidays. Entry free Photography allowed in special cases. |
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College Museum
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore 641003 Tamil
Nadu India Tel:35461
Minerals, rocks, insect pests, fungal diseases, snakes, poults, silver
and gold medals, cups, shields. Timings : 0900-1200 hrs and
14-1700 hrs. Entry free Photography allowed. |
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Bhagwan
Mahavir Museum
Cuddapah Andhra Pradesh India
Sculpture, bronze, coins, paintings, guide service. Timings :
1030-1700 hrs. Closed on Fridays and all public holidays. Entry
free |
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Puratava
Sangrahalaya
Ward No. 1, Purana Girjaghar, Damoh Madhya Pradesh
India
Stone sculpture. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Mondays and
state government gazetted holidays. Entry free Photography
allowed on payment of prescribed fee. |
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Chandrahari
Museum
Darbhanga 836004 Bihar India Tel:2191
Bronzes, terracottas, manuscripts, coins. Library, guide service,
lectures, film shows. Timings : Summer 1000-1700 hrs; Winter
1030-1700 hrs. Closed on Mondays and important holidays. Entry
free Photography with permission. |
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Maharajadhiraja Lakshmishwar Singh Musem
Mansarover, Dighi Tank Darbhanga 846004 Bihar India
Ivory, metal, throne, royal ivory chairs, coins, gems. Guide service,
lectures, film shows. Timings : Summer 1000-1700 hrs; Winter
1030-1700 hrs. Closed on Mondays and important holidays. Entry
free Photography with special permission. |
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Natural History
Museum
Near Chowrasta Darjeeling West Bengal India
Butterflies, birds, reptiles, fish, insects. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs.
Wednesdays 1300-1700 hrs. Closes one hour earlier during winter.
Closed on Thursdays. |
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Akshaya
Kumar Maitreya Museum
North Bengal Universizy, PO Darjeeling District Darjeeling
West Bengal India
Stone, bronze, wooden sculpture, coins, manuscripts, paintings,
miniatures. Timings : University timings. Closed on university
holidays. Entry free Photography with permission. |
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Padmaja
Naidu Himalayan Zoological Museum
Darjeeling West Bengal India Tel:2430
Animals and birds of high altitude. Lectures. Timings : 1 April
to 15 November 0800-1700 hrs; 16 November to 31 March 0800-1630 hrs.
Open on all days. Photography allowed. |
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Lloyd Botanical
Garden
Darjeeling 734101 West Bengal India Tel:2358
Herbarium: preserves rare botanical specimens. Library. Timings
: Garden: Sunrise to sunset; Herbarium: 1000-1600 hrs. Closed on
Sundays and holidays. Entry free Photography allowed. |
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Himalayan
Mountaineering Institute
Jaawahar Prabat Darjeeling 734101 West Bengal India
Tel:2438,2378,2778
Expedition photographs, rocks, fauna, monograms. Library, film shows,
lectures. Timings : 15 March to 14 November 0900- 1700 hrs; 15
November to 14 March 0900- 1630 hrs. Closed on Thuesdays (only in
winter). Photography allowed. |
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West Bengal
Forest School Museum
PO Dow-Hill (Kurseong) Darjeeling 734204 West Bengal
India Tel:Kurseong 426
Skull, skin, collection of forest produce. Guide service.
Timings : Mondays to Fridays 1000-1200 hrs and 1400-1600 hrs.
Saturdays 1000-1200 hrs. Closed on Sundays and holidays. Entry
free Photography not allowed. |
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Forest Research
Institute and College
PO New Forest Dehra Dun Uttar Pradesh India
Tel:7021-7028
Forestry, forest biology, forest products and wildlife, botanical,
timber specimns, models. Library, guide service, film shows.
Timings : 0930-1630 hrs. Closed on Sundays and gazetted holidays.
Entry free Photography not allowed. |
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Zonal Museum
51-7 Hardwar
Road Dehra Dun Uttar Pradesh India Tel:5633
Physical and cultural anthropology of north-western India.
Timings: 1000-1300 hrs and 1400-1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays, second
Saturdays and gazetted holidays. Entry free Photography
allowed with permission. |
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Zoological
Survey of India
13 Subhas Road
Dehra Dun 248001 Uttar Pradesh India Tel:4939, 6349
Fauna of northern region. Library, guide service, lectures, film
shows. Timings : 1000- 1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays and holidays.
Entry free Photography allowed with permission. |
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Botanical Survey
of India
3 Lakshmi Road, Dalanwala Dehra Dun 248001 Uttar Pradesh
India Tel:3433
Botanical collections. Library, guide service, lectures. Timings
: 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays and gazetted holidays.
Photography allowed. |
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Dr Zakir Hussain
Memorial Museum
Jamia Milia Islamia University Campus Okhla Delhi Northern
& Central Region India Tel:633269
Paraphernalia of Dr Zakir Hussain, gifts received by the late
President from different countries, photographs. Timings:
1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Fridays. Entry free |
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National
Philatelic Museum
Dak Tar Bhavan, Sadar Patel Chowk Sansad Marg Delhi 110001
Northern & Central Region India Tel:380727
Philately Timings: 1000-1300 hrs; 1400-1700 hrs. Closed on
Sundays and gazetted holidays. |
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National Museum
of Natural History
'J' Point, Barakhamba Road Delhi 110001 Northern & Central
Region India Tel:3314849
Natural history- botanical, zoological, geological. Library, guide
service, film shows. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Mondays.
Entry free Photography allowed. |
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National Museum
Janpath Delhi 110001 Northern & Central Region India
Tel:3019538
Pre history, proto-history, sculptures, bronze, copperplates, coins,
miniature paintings, arms arts. Library guide service, lectures, film
shows. Timings: 1000-1700 hrs, Closed on Mondays.
Photography allowed on payment of Rs 2.00. |
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Gandhi Smriti
5 Tees January Marg, Delhi 110001 Northern & Central
Region India Tel:3012843
Timings: 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Mondays. |
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Crafts Museum
Bhairon Marg, Pragati Maidan Delhi 110001 Northern &
Central Region India Tel:3317641
Folk and tribal arts and crafts. Library, guide service, lectures
occasionally, film shows on Sundays. Timings : 0930-1800 hrs.
Closed on national holidays. Entry free Photography
allowed on request. |
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Archaeological
Museum
Purana Quila Delhi 110001 Northern & Central Region
India Tel:615387
Excavated material of Purana Qila. Library. Timings : 1000-1700
hrs. Closed on Fridays Entry free Photography allowed with
permission. |
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Ghalib
Museum
Aiwan-e-Ghalib, Aiwan-e-Ghalib Marg Delhi 110002 Northern
& Central Region India Tel:272455
Personalia museum on the life and work of Ghalib. Library, guide
service, lectures. Timings : 1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays
and gazetted holidays. Entry free Photography allowed. |
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National
Children's Museum
Bal Bhavan Society, Kotla Road Delhi 110002 Northern &
Central Region India Tel:3314701
Dolls, masks, sculpture, children's work in different media. Guide
service, film shows twice a week. Timings : Summer 0730-1330
hrs; Winter 1030-1730 hrs. Closed on Thursdays and gazetted holidays
Entry free Photography allowed. |
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Shankar's
International Dolls Museum
Nehru House, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg Delhi 110002 Northern
& Central Region India Tel:3316970
Dolls from all over the world. Timings: 1000-1800 hrs. Closed on
Mondays. |
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Gandhi Memorial
Museum
Rajghat Delhi 110002 Northern & Central Region India
Tel:274746
Relics of Mahatma Gandhi, microfilms and photographs, artworks objects
on Mahatma Gandhi. Library, film shows on Sundays. Timings :
0900-1730 hrs. Closed on Mondays. Entry free Photography
Limited photography allowed. |
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National Gallery
of Modern Art
Jaipur House Delhi 110003 Northern & Central Region
India Tel:384560,382835,384640
Modern (from 1857) and contemporary art (painting, sculpture,
drawings, graphics, architecture, industrial design, photography,
prints and minor arts). Liberary, guide service, film shows twice a
week. Timings : 1045-1715 hrs. Closed on Mondays. Entry
free Photography allowed. |
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Tibet House
Museum
1 Institutional Area, Lodi Road Delhi 110003 Northern &
Central Region India Tel:611515
Tibetan sculpture, paintings, ritual objects. Library. Timings:
Summer 0930-1300 hrs and 1430-1800 hrs; Winter 0900-1200 hrs and
1300-1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays. Photography not allowed. |
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Archaeological
Museum
Red Fort Delhi 110006 Northern & Central Region
India Tel:267961
Antiquities related with the history of Red Fort. Timings:
1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Fridays.
Entry free Photography allowed with permission. |
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