Wissenschaftsmuseum

Birla Industrie- und Technologiemuseum

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Aparna Shivdarshan
April 9, 2022
science lovers , children and people having internet must visit the place,you can even find out coal mine replica at the underground to know the process of coal mining ,
Mandira
July 14, 2020
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM), a unit under National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is at Gurusaday Road, Kolkata. The first science museum in India was set up by the industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla at BITS, in Pilani in a hall (185 sq.mt area) of the Tower Building. The museum depicted mainly the industries and business enterprises of the Birlas. The museum was opened to the public in 1954. Ten years later the museum was shifted to the present building. The second science museum was mooted by KS Krishnan, physicist and the then Director of National Physical Laboratory (NPL), he was inspired and encouraged by the then prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. R Subramanian was appointed to develop science museum and planetarium project by NPL in 1956. The science museum of 555 sq.mr floor space in Delhi was opened for public in 1956, but it was close down by the authority after few years, although it was appreciated by general visitors. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the former Chief Minister of West Bengal and physician was impressed to see Deutsches Museum of Munich. He thought to set up a science museum and a planetarium in Calcutta. Roy requested to GD Birla for a help. Birla donated his residential house to the former prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. The three storied Victorian style architectural building along with five bighas land of ‘Birla Park’, where they had lived for thirty five years
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM), a unit under National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is at Gurusaday Road, Kolkata. The first science museum in India was set up by the industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla at BITS, in Pilani in a hall (185 sq…
Sumit
October 8, 2019
Science museum. Close to Birla Mandir and Haldiram Food. Minibus - "Ekdalia Minibus " from Ballygunge Station. Many buses from Gariahat or Golpark towards Park Circus or Gurusaday Road. Timing: 10:30 AM to 6 PM. All days. Ticket.

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Kulinarische Tour durch Kalkutta in den Bengalischen Nächten
Probiere Töpferwaren in einem Terrassenstudio eines Hauses in North Calcutta
Beobachte Kalkuttas magisches Erwachen
Standort
19a Gurusaday Dutta Rd
Kolkata, WB