INDIAN MUSEUM

Sept. 27, 2020

Renovation works at the Indian Museum in Kolkata were carried out without following the necessary conservation process, leading to priceless artefacts being damaged, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found.

About:

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.
Background: It was established in 1814 under the guidance of Dr. Nathaniel Wallich at the Asiatic Society.
Location: Kolkata.
Administration: It is under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Name: The museum which was known in the beginning as the "Asiatic Society Museum" subsequently came to be known as the "Imperial Museum" later familiarized as the "Indian Museum". The museum is more familiar by the name Jadughar or Ajabghar among the visitors.