Founded in 1814 and the oldest and largest museum in India, with the Bharhut stupa railings, an Egyptian mummy and a fossil gallery.
Closed Mondays. Parts of it are tired, but the archaeology galleries are world class. On Chowringhee, so easy to combine with Park Street.
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