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10 Unique Museums In Kolkata Worth Visiting

From India’s only Boat Museum to Tagore’s ancestral home and rare folk art collections, these unique museums reveal Kolkata’s layered history, river culture and intellectual legacy

The Indian Museum in Kolkata Photo: Biswarup Ganguly/WikiCommons
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Indian Museum

Founded in 1814, the Indian Museum houses rare fossils, Egyptian mummies and Mughal art, making it India’s oldest museum and a cornerstone of Kolkata’s cultural attractions.

Skeleton of a mammoth at the Indian Museum
Skeleton of a mammoth at the Indian Museum Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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