List of museums in West Bengal

This is a list of museums in West Bengal state in eastern India.

Museum name  | City  | Theme  | Funding

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Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata[1] | Kolkata | Art  |
Baker Hostel | Kolkata | Historical  |
KMOMA | Kolkata | Modern Art  | The Museum will be developed under Government of West Bengal
The Asiatic Society | Kolkata | Social history  |
Asutosh Museum of Indian Art | Kolkata | Art & Archaeology  | Part of the University of Calcutta, Indian art with special emphasis on the art of Bengal
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum | Kolkata | Science  | Exhibits include biotechnology, electricity, physics, life science, mathematics, industry and mining, television and transport
Buxa Fort | Buxa | Historic fort  |
Gurusaday Museum | Kolkata | Folk  |
Indian Museum[2] | Kolkata | Multiple  | Exhibits include antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings
Jorasanko Thakur Bari | Kolkata | Historic house  |
Malda Museum | English Bazar | History  |
Marble Palace | Kolkata | Historic house  |
Nehru Museum of Science and Technology | Kharagpur | Science  |
Netaji Bhawan | Kolkata | Memorial hall
Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture | Kolkata | Indian Art and Culture  |
Sabarna Sangrahashala | Kolkata | Biographic  |
Science City Kolkata | Kolkata | Science  |
State Archaeological Museum | Kolkata | Archaeology  | Govt of West Bengal
Rabindra Museum | Mungpoo  | History  |
Victoria Memorial (India) | Kolkata | Memorial hall  |
North Bengal Science Centre  | Siliguri  | Science  | Functioning under NCSM, Ministry of Culture,Govt. of India.
South Bengal Museum | Diamond Harbour |  |
Bishnupur Museum  | Bishnupur Bankura  | Archaeology  |  |
Acharya Satyendra Nath Bose Smriti Sangrahashala  | Kolkata | Memorial / Science | This museum is funded and maintained by Bangiya Bijnan Parishad
Museum of Santal Culture | Bolpur | Culture |

## See also

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* List of museums in India

## References

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1. ^ "Academy of Fine Arts". kolkata.org.uk (website). Retrieved 28 August 2012.
2. ^ "Indian Museum offers feast to fans of natural history". The Hindu. 2018-05-09. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-06-13.