The National Museum of India is located off Cholinggi Street. It is an Italian style building built in 1875 AD. It is known as one of the three major museums in India. The Department of Ethnology introduces the customs and traditions of various parts of India and its people. The geology department is known as the largest geology exhibition in Asia.

The Indian Museum houses a rich Indian cultural The museum is divided into six major departments: archaeology, art, ethnology, geology, real estate, zoology, etc. The archaeology department is rich in exhibits from the ancient civilization of India to the Muslim era, all of which are displayed here.

The history of the origin and the growth of the Indian Museum is one of the remarkable events towards the development of heritage and culture of India.

Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (at The Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Indian subcontinent.

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, 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.