Indian Museum
The Indian Museum is the largest and oldest museum India and has
rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons,
mummies, and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in
Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in 1814. The founder curator was Dr Nathaniel
Wallich, a Danish botanist. The Indian Museum is originated from the Asiatic
Society of Bengal which was created by Sir William Jones in 1784. The concept
of having a museum arose in 1796 from members of the Asiatic Society as a place
where man-made and natural objects could be collected, cared for and displayed.
The objective began to look achievable in 1808 when the Society was offered
suitable accommodation by the Government of India in the Chowringhee-Park
Street area.
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