Indian Museum

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anthropology museum archaeology museum art museum museum natural history museum

The Indian Museum in Kolkata is the oldest and largest multipurpose museum in India, renowned for its extensive collections of art, archaeology, anthropology, and natural history.

Aliases (1)

Imperial Museum at Calcutta ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthropology museum → archaeology museum → art museum → museum → natural history museum →
alsoKnownAs	Jadughar →
coordinates	22.5583°N 88.3503°E →
country	India →
formerlyKnownAs	Imperial Museum at Calcutta →
foundedBy	Asiatic Society of Bengal →
founder	Nathaniel Wallich →
governingBody	Ministry of Culture, Government of India →
hasArchitecturalStyle	Indo-Saracenic architecture →
hasCollectionSize	over 100000 artifacts →
hasCollectionType	anthropology → archaeology → art → economic botany → geology → natural history → zoology →
hasDepartment	Anthropology section → Archaeology section → Art section → Economic Botany section → Geology section → Zoology section →
hasExhibit	Amaravati sculptures → Ashoka pillar capital → Bharhut sculptures → Buddhist stupas and railings → Egyptian mummy → fossil skeletons →
hasFocus	Indian natural history → South Asian art and archaeology →
hasSignificance	major institution for cultural and scientific heritage in India →
hasWebsite	https://indianmuseumkolkata.org →
inception	1814 →
isLargestMultipurposeMuseumIn	India →
isOldestMuseumIn	India →
locatedIn	India → Kolkata → West Bengal →
locatedOn	Jawaharlal Nehru Road →
owner	Government of India →
publicTransitAccess	Esplanade metro station → Park Street metro station →
touristAttraction	Kolkata →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Indian Museum ("Imperial Museum at Calcutta") →	formerlyKnownAs
Calcutta →	hasLandmark