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Museum &Art Galleries
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Sri Aurobindo Parichay Gallery & Sanskriti Museum

Parichay is an extremely comprehensive audio-visual exposition on the life of Sri Aurobindo. It is the cornerstone of the Institute's tribute to him on the occasion of his 125th birth anniversary. The emphasis of the exposition is mainly on his work in Bengal in the early part of the twentieth century. 

Galerie La Mere

One of the most attractive art galleries in Calcutta , Galerie La Mere is named after the Mother and was opened in homage to her wonderful artistic sensibilities. An eminent painter herself in the early twentieth century in Paris, she belonged to the famous Impressionist school.

The art gallery situated in the premises of the Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture hosts numerous exhibition - cum - sales of paintings by renowned painters of Bengal, all through the year. The gallery remains open for visitors everyday between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Ananda Niketan Kirtisala(Howrah)

Established in 1961.Situated in rural environments, the Museum displays objects of art, archaeology and folk crafts of Bengal, including early and mediaeval terracottas, coins, stones, sculptures and over one hundred valuable Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts. Maintains a card index of mediaeval temples of Bengal and of local historical sites.

Carey Museum and Library(Hooghly)

Established in 1818. It was built by Rev. William Carey and his associate, J. Marshman and W. Ward. Has a good collection of manuscripts and examples of early printing in India and abroad in various Indian and Asian scripts and languages, also includes manuscript copies of Hindu scriptures like the Vedas and the Upanishads, made under the behest of William Carey. Also contains the pulpit, chains and tables used by Carey. The library has a unique collection of early printed books in Indian and other Asian languages printed at Serampore.

Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya(Barrackpur)

Established in 1961. Has a large collection of photographs potraying Gandhiji's life, particularly his peace mission to Naokhali; also photostat of letters to Gandhiji from different countries, letters written by him, a large number of press cuttings and bulletins and taperecordings of reminiscences of Mahatmaji. Has a good library of Gandhian literature.

Gurusaday Museum of Bengal Folk Art(Joka)

Collected since 1933 by Gurusaday Datta, the Museum in its present site came up in 1961. Situated within a garden it has a rich collection of folk art and crafts of Bengal including paintings, embroidered quilts, dolls and toys, wood crafts, temple terracottas and other clay objects, stone sculptures, basketry and work in shola-pith, ritual potteries and figurines of great variety.

Museum and Art Gallery, Institut de Chandernagor.

Established under the Treaty of Cession of Chandernagar, 1952 as a cultural centre with a museum, art gallery, library and auditorium, the Institute today is an important Indo-French cultural link. The Museum building itself is of historical importance with relics of French in India along with valuable documents and relics of local freedom-fighters, bibliographical materials, photographs, paintings, a few terracotta and other antiquities and fold art objects.

Rishi Bankim Library and Museum(Naihati)

Established in 1954. Situated in a section of the ancestral house of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhayay, the pioneer noevelost of Bengali literature. Has a collection of original manuscripts, nearly one hundred and fifty letters written by the author, photographs and documents related to him, a large number of books and also many personal effects of the author.

Museum of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute(Darjeeling)

Established in 1955. Opened in 1968 as the Everest Museum; housed in a nicely constructed buildings; has a good collection of mountaineering equipment, topographical, models of the Sikkim-Himalayas showing the routes of different Everest Expedition since 1921, specimens of high altitude fauna and some samples of minerals and rocks. Includes relics and photographs relating to mountaineering expeditions.

Natural History Museum(Darjeeling)

Established in 1903 in a small building in the Lloyd Botanical Garden. Has a good and representative collection of butterflies, birds, bird-eggs, reptiles and amphibia, fish insects and other invertebrates including herbarium specimens, bulk of which were collected from Darjeeling. Jalpaiguri and Sikkim areas. The Museum, equipped with a library and a lecture hall runs a 'Nature Education Scheme' for school children.

Amulya Pratnasala

Rich in collection of late mediaeval temple terracottas, coins, wooden sculptures, folk paintings and other attractive objects locally available. 

Hazarduary Palace Museum(Murshidabad)

Collections include arms and armour of the late Mughal era particularly related to Bengal, valuable documents and objects of art and crafts, paintings and manuscripts.

Balurghat College Museum

Recent museum with new building. Has a large collection of early stone sculptures of Pala-Sena period, coins and some stone inscriptions of the early mediaeval age and the recently discovered inscription of the 11th century A.D of Nayapala from Gangarampur.

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