Kolkata
Museums in Kolkata
Alipore Jail MuseumIndependence history told in the place it happened, rather than behind glassDetails →
Currency Building (Ghare Baire)Changing art exhibitions inside the restored colonial currency office
Indian MuseumFour thousand years of the subcontinent, from Bharhut railings to an Egyptian mummyDetails →
Metcalfe HallRestored, free of crowds, and hiding a gallery of the city's oldest mapsDetails →
Netaji BhawanThe house Bose escaped from in 1941, with the getaway car still parked insideDetails →
Science CityThe subcontinent's biggest science centre, built for pushing, pressing and staying too longDetails →
Jorasanko ThakurbariTagore's houseDetails →
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