Among the more recent museums built in Kolkata, is the Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, located at Gurusuday Road Ballygunge. Unlike the traditional museums that house historical artefacts, this museum instead, explains complicated, scientific phenomena in amusing and interesting ways. It also tries to create awareness among the general public about various impending ecological issues, […]

Standing tall in the BBD Bagh area (Dalhousie Square) and covering the entire stretch of the water body, the Lal Dighi, a stately structure serves as the secretariat building of the State Government of West Bengal. This is the Writers Building. During the British rule, due to the increasing need for a building to carry […]

Among the lesser known museums of the city, is the Eastern Railway Rail Museum, around 500m south to the Howrah station, Kolkata. A walk along the Foreshore Road, keeping the river Hooghly on the right, helps one to arrive at this small museum, maintained by the Eastern Railway Department. With exhibits of historical importance to […]

In our childhood when we had educational field trips from schools and colleges there were few handful places in Kolkata we were taken to, Science City was one of them. Though now there are plenty of new growths in terms of educational excursion in Kolkata, the places as Science City successfully hold the aura of […]

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio: the name leaps from the pages of 19th century Indian literature. He was a poet who became the headmaster of Hindu college Kolkata. Along with his notable works what remain of his essence is the red brick mansion. Situated in AJC Bose road, the house of Henry Derozio now contributes as […]

Built in a French architectural style for Raja Rajendra Mullick in 1835, the Marble Palace is now one of the eminent museums of Kolkata. It still conserves the true essence for which it was initially built; to preserve the art works of Bengal culture. This nineteenth century mansion was build with white marble walls and […]

In many of the information we sometimes come across the fact that Kolkata was taken in lease from the Sabarno Roy Choudhury Family. The oldest bonedi family of Kolkata Sabarna Roy Choudhury family has its own legends to tell. Established in 2005 the Sabarna Saghrashala is a museum that tells us both about this family and Kolkata. […]

Considered to be a beautiful weekend destination, Chandannager, along the banks of Hoogly, is situated just thirty-five kilometers away from north Calcutta. It is said that the French people once resided there and thus Chandannagar is also an old French Colony. Among many tourist destinations of Chandannagar, Clock Tower is quite famous. In a dilapidated […]

Every room hides a million tales. Every brick smells of a history, made immortal. Such is the magnificence of the Indian Museum. When one decides to go on a city tour in Kolkata, he is inevitably escorted to the Indian Museum to see its rare collections of antiques, armour, ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies and Mughal paintings. Built […]

White Marble palaces, kingly grandeur and royal histories have always been a subject of fascination.And why not? Dont we all love to devour ourselves in ancient culture and stories of Royal families? The Victoria Memorial palace surrounded by the acres of green gardens has always been a great contributor to our culture and history and […]