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ETERNAL
INDIA
encyclopedia
Code
Name
Address
City
Phone
Timings
Collection
MAG-60
State Archaeolo-
gical Museum
1, Satyendra Nath Roy Road
Behala. Calcutta - 700 034
Calcutta
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1200-1600 hrs. Closed
on Sundays and Govt,
holidays. Entry Fee:
Re.l/-
Pre-historic, stone artefacts, pottery,
antiquities, metal, ivory coins,
manuscripts. Guide service, lectures.
Photography allowed with permission.
MAG-61
State Archives
of West Bengal
6, Bhowani Dutt Lane
Calcutta -700 034
Calcutta
347182/
341133
1030-1730 hrs. Closed
on Sundays and Govt,
holidays. Entry Free.
East India Company's administrative
records from 1770-1858. Persian,
Bengali, Dutch, Danish records.
Photography not allowed.
MAG-62
Victoria
Memorial Hall
1, Queen's Way,
Calcutta - 700 071
Calcutta
445154
1000-1700 hrs. Closed
on Mondays and
gazetted holidays.
Entry Fee: Re. 1/-
Drawings, busts, statues, manuscripts,
documents, stamps, coins. Guide service,
lectures, library. Photography on
certain conditions permitted.
MAG-63
Government
Museum and Art
Gallery *
Sector 10C
Chandiearh -160 010
Chandigarh
25568
1000-1630 hrs. Closed
on Mondays and
gazetted holidays.
Entry Fee: Re.l/-
Gandhara and Brahminical sculpture,
paintings, prehistoric relics. Library,
guide service, lectures, film shows
on Saturdays and Sundays. Photography
allowedwith prior permission.
MAG-64
Museum of
Fine Arts
Punjab University
Chandiearh - 160 014
Chandigarh
22779
Summer: 1400-1700 hrs.
Winter: 1000-1300 hrs.
Closed on Mondays.
Entry Free.
Contemporary paintings, sculpture and
graphic art. Lectures, film shows.
Photography with permission.
MAG-65 Zoology Museum
Dept, of Zoology, Punjab
University, Chandigarh
Chandigarh -160 014
Chandigarh
22942
Summer:0730-1330 hrs.
Winter: 0900-1700 hrs.
Closed on Sundays &
gazetted holidays.
Entry Free.
Items representing different groups
of invertebrates and vertebrates.
Guide seryice. Photography not allowed.
MAG-66 Archaeological
Museum
Mattancherry Palace
Cochin - 682 002
Cochin
1000-1700 hrs. Closed
on Fridays.
Entry Free.
Ornaments, dress, weapons, paintingss.
paintings. Library, film show.
Photography allowed with permission.
MAG-67
Akshaya Kumar
Maitreya Museum
North Bengal University,
Darjeeling Dist.
Darjeeling
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University Timings &
closed on university
holidays. Entry Free.
Stone, bronze, wooden sculpture,
coins, manuscripts, paintings, miniatures.
Photography with permission
MAG-68 Himalayan
Mountaineering
Institute
Jawahar Parbat
Darieeling - 734 101
Darjeeling
2438/
2378/
2778
0900-1700 hrs.
Closed on Tuesdays
(only in winter)
Entry Fee: Re. 1/-
Expedition photographs, rocks, fauna,
monograms. Library, film shows, lectures.
Photography allowed.
MAG-69
Lloyd Botanical
Garden
Darjeeling - 734 101
Darjeeling
2358
Garden: Sunrise to
sunset. Herbarium:
1000-1600 hrs.
Closed on Sundays &
holidays. Entry Free.
Herbarium: preserves rare botanical
specimens. Library. Photography
allowed.
MAG-70
Padmaja
Naidu Himalayan
Zoological Park
Darjeeline
Darjeeling
2430
0800-1700 hrs.
Entry Fee: Re.l/-.
Animals and birds of high altitude.
Lectures. Photography allowed.
MAG-71
Air Force
Museum
Air Force Station, Palam
New Delhi -110 010
New Delhi
393461
Extn:463
Summer:0845-1345 hrs.
Winter:0915-1415 hrs.
Closed on Tuesdays &
gazetted holidays.
Entry Free.
Aircrafts, photographs, paintings,
arms and ammunition, aero-
engines, space models and portraits.
Guide service, film shows.
Photography allowed.
MAG-72 Anthropology
Dept, of Anthropology,
Delhi
2515329
0830-1730 hrs. Closed
Physical and cultural anthropolo-