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Indian Museum (Jadu Ghar)vsMarble Palace Kolkata
Indian Museum and Marble Palace Kolkata are both rated very highly by expert reviewers. Overall, Indian Museum scores significantly better than Marble Palace Kolkata. Indian Museum is ranked #2 in Kolkata with approval from 4 reviews like Frommer's, Lonely Planet and Fodor's.
Indian Museum (Jadu Ghar)
Frommer's
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
27 Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Kolkata 700016, India
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Frommer's "Containing things beautiful, unusual, and ancient, the museum is known to locals as Jadu Ghar, the House of Magic." Full review
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The textiles-and-decorative-arts gallery is most impressive. It can be difficult to find, however -- ask for assistance.
Fodor's "India's oldest museum has one of the largest and most comprehensive collections in Asia, including one of the best natural-history collections in the world." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Mostly a loveably old-fashioned place that fills a large colonnaded palace ranged around a central lawn." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The country’s largest museum, is a vast and stolid colonial edifice full of unheralded oddities and treasures hidden in plain sight." Full review
Marble Palace Kolkata Frommer's Fodor's
46 Muktaram Basu St, off Chittaranjan Ave, Kolkata 700040, India
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Frommer's "Up a back street, in what was once known as Black Town, stands a vast mansion -- a wonder to behold -- sporting a plush Romanesque veneer that incorporates at least 90 different varieties of marble." Full review
Fodor's "One of the strangest buildings in Kolkata was the inspiration of Raja Rajendra Mullick Bahadur, a member of Bengal's landed gentry." Full review
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