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Kolkata,

1910

Calcutta Museum.

It was originally founded at the Asiatic Society in 1814

The Calcutta Museum was founded by a Danish botanist, Nathaniel Wallich, in 1814. It shifted to the present site in the 1870s. The architect of Calcutta Museum was W. L. Granvil who also designed the Calcutta General Post Office and the Calcutta High Court. It is apparently one of the oldest institutions