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- The Indian museum upholds the history of Kolkata and India as a whole.
- It is known to unravel the rich heritage of India.
- It was formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta.
- It is a huge museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- It was founded by Dr. Nathaniel Wallich.
- It has rare collections of antiques, ornaments, fossils, mummies and Mughal paintings.
- It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata in 1814.
- It has six major sections of Art, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Zoology and Industry.
- It is the ninth oldest museum in the world.
- It is the oldest and largest museum in India as well as in Asia.