The Indian Museum (formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta before independence) is a massive museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest and largest museum in Asia, by size of collection. It 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, on February 2, 1814. The founder curator was Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist.
The present building, opened in 1875, comprises sections devoted to geology, zoology, industry, archaeology, art, and ethnology. The coin room contains the largest collection of Indian coins in the world.
The art section is noted for its textiles, carpets, lacquer-work, glass
and pottery. The gallery displays examples of Persian and Indian paintings, and
the geological section is the largest in Asia and one of the most important in
the world. There is a large collection of statues and bronzes from various
Asian civilizations, including life-size models of people and animals of the
regions of India.
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