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Victoria Memorial Museum, Calcutta

The impressive Victoria Memorial houses a museum which is a tribute to the British Colonial period. Visitors are greeted by a life size statue of young Victoria by Sir Thomas Brock. There are enormous oil paintings in the Royal Gallery, illustrating episodes from Queen Victoria's long , eventful life and reign, and a large painting titled The Entry of King Edward VII into Jaipur in 1876, by a Russian artist.

Also on display are books on the Raj, sculpture ofClive and other Governor Generals and a superb collection of paintings and prints by William Hodges and Thomas and William Daniell, who specialised in picturesque views of India. The other important paintings are by Johann Zoffany, Tilly Kettle, Samuel Davis' water colours and Eraser's drawings of the Himalayas.

Victoria Memorial Museum
Queen's Way
Calcutta 700 071

Timing: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Closed on Mondays and government holidays.