Best places: Museums in Paschim Barisha, India

👍👍 This is the second RBI museum in the country. I had the opportunity to visit this museum as a part of general public. I found that the displays have been organised into three main galleries. First one -The History of Money explains how economies grew after money replaced the barter system. Various...

Ancestral home of the historic Tagore family, now a museum spotlighting its members’ lives.

👍 Really aesthetic place, very well curated. Capturing all the main aspects of the city of Kolkata, It's history, culture and heritage. The place is beautiful but the maintenance is not. We visited early in the morning and few of the video exhibits were not working. There is no AC, so it was very hot,...

Traditional venue housing weaponry & artifacts including those dating back to revolutionary times.

Neoclassical estate built in 1835 & exhibiting varied art, open with permit gotten in advance.

Artifacts, photos & replicas of early public transportation displayed in a 1930s trolley car.

Colonial-era residence of 1800s socio-religious reformer Rammohan Roy, with exhibits about his life.

👍👍 Very interesting place for those who love to know history of postal system.

👍👍 Brindavan Matri Mandir, celebrates Durga Puja, every year. It's pooja area, is not a large one, even though, it performs it in a very exciting and different way every year. This year they decorated the place with, all handmade, colourful and attractive objects.

😠 Disheartened by unprofessional and tourist hostile behaviour of security and care takers of the museum...absence of majority of the staffs lead to late opening and partial opening of majority of the rooms of the museum. Sad to have poor experience to such an important learning hub.

👍👍 The erstwhile residence of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose (renowned Bengali physicist, botanist and archaeologist), Acharya Bhavan was constructed in the year 1902 and known to have served as the hub of Bengal Renaissance. This is the building where Acharya and his wife Abala Bose played host to many...