Kolkata Trip Overview
Indian Museum Tour is always source of joy and education. A visit to this historical place is very interesting and informative. Kolkata is a land of monuments and memorials of Colonial Era. The Indian Museum is an iconic institution. Included in this tour is the tour of the landmark ‘New Market’ and Government College of Art & Craft.
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Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Kolkata, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Indian Museum Tour is always source of joy and education. A visit to this historical place is very interesting and informative. Kolkata is a land of monuments and memorials of Colonial Era. The Indian Museum is an iconic institution. Included in this tour is the tour of the landmark ‘New Market’ and Government College of Art & Craft.
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Stop At: Indian Museum (Jadu Ghar), 27 Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700016 India
Founded in 1814, Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. With the foundation of Indian Museum in 1814, the Museum movement started rolling in India and through the years from then, got a new fillip and great momentum. Since then, it has so magnificently developed and culminated into the fruitful existence of more than 400 museums in the country. The movement, which was started in 1814, in fact was the beginning of a significant epoch initiating the socio-cultural and scientific achievements of the country. It is otherwise considered as the beginning of the modernity and the end of mediaeval era.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: New Market, Lindsay Street at Free School Street, Kolkata (Calcutta) India
The Victorian Gothic market complex was established in 1874. Despite the appearance of new air-conditioned, American-style, shopping malls all over Kolkata, New Market, which has survived two devastating fires and regular flooding, remains at the core of the shopping experience in the city. Over 2000 stalls under its roof sell everything from clothing to wheeled luggage to electronics to a special cheese found nowhere else. Under its apparent chaos lie extraordinary finds as well as remarkable bargains. Newmarket is a place to shop for garments & accessories, flowers, different food items including raw meat, fish, vegetables and fruits and even spices. There are crockeries and utensil stores. It also has a florist section dealing with exotic flowers.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Government College of Art & Craft, 28, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Colootola, New Market Area, Dharmatala, Taltala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700016, India
The Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata is one of the oldest Art colleges in India. It was founded on August 16, 1854 “with the purpose of establishing an institution for teaching the youth of all classes, industrial art based on scientific methods.” as the School of Industrial Art. The institute was later renamed as the Government School of Art and in 1951 it became the Government College of Art & Craft.
Duration: 30 minutes
