Indian Museum

Founded in 1814 in 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. Housed in an iconic colonial building, the museum displays a range of archaeological objects, an art section focusing on Mughal and Bengal paintings, a geological section, and one on zoology and botany. The highlights are an Egyptian Mummy, jaws of a blue whale, a Gandhara sculpture gallery, and masterpieces of the Tagores, Jaimini Roy, and Nandalal Bose.