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Victoria Memorial
Victoria Memorial Hall, 1, Queens Way, Kolkata, West Bengal 700071, India Phone: +91-33-22231890/22231891 Average Price: US$ 0 per person http://victoriamemorial-cal.org/About
The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria and is now a museum and tourist destination under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. The Memorial lies on the Maidan by the bank of the Hooghly river, near Jawaharlal Nehru road. The Victoria Memorial Hall was opened in 1921. It is also a museum where people could see before them pictures and statues of men who played a prominent part in the history of India and develop a pride in their past especially in relation to the history of Calcutta . Lord Curzon conceived it. Presently it is the finest and most prominent building and art museum of Calcutta, India, under the Department of Culture, Government of India.
