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Number 27 Jawaharlal Nehru Road Park Street Area Kolkata, West Bengal 700 016
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The Indian Museum of Kolkata is the earliest establishment of its category in the Indian subcontinent. It was amongst the initial attempts to preserve the heritage of the country and to acquaint people with its splendour. There are six different galleries in this museum, which are segregated into cultural and scientific sections. The cultural section deals with subjects like archaeology, arts and anthropology while the scientific section is about geology, zoology and botany. Pre-historic artefacts of various civilisations, ancient bronze sculptures and coins are highlights of the archaeological section. The section dedicated to art houses beautiful paintings associated with the Mughal era and Bengal along with decorative arts, textiles and Southeast Asian exhibits. Masks, musical instruments and anthropological models related to the evolution of man are present in the anthropology gallery. While the zoological gallery has exhibits about various mammals, reptiles, birds and ecology, the botanical section covers information about the fauna of India. An interesting gallery in the scientific section is the one about geology, which is under a special division of the Geological Survey of India. It features precious fossils, rocks, minerals and meteorite samples collected from different places.
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