Victoria Memorial Hall

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Welcome To Victoria Memorial Hall
Victoria Memorial Hall
is one of the most visited
museums in the country
Victoria Memorial Hall is  one of the most magnificent monuments of not only the city of Kolkata but of our country. Representing the resplendent and majestic Italian Renaissance style of architecture, beautifully blended with Indian influences, Victoria Memorial Hall stands today, as a veritable icon of the city of Kolkata.
VMH was envisaged by Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of British India, as a memorial to the deceased Queen Victoria. According to Curzon, this memorial was to take the form of a great marble hall, to be erected on the Kolkata maidan to serve primarily as a monument to the Queen and secondarily as a national gallery and Valhalla of the Indian Empire.
The mission of the Victoria Memorial Hall is to function as the premier art gallery, museum, research library on art history and museum studies, and cultural space in the city of Kolkata. To pursue this mission, it collects, conserves and disseminates knowledge among the general public about art objects, historical relics, and documents relating mainly to Indian history in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to the exhibits on permanent display, the Victoria Memorial Hall also organizes regular special exhibitions, lectures, publications, cultural programmes and interactive educational activities throughout the year for the benefit of audiences, especially the youth.
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The Royal Gallery
Entrance Hall
Queens Hall Gallery
Prince Hall
Durbar Hall
Biplobi Bharat Gallery
Explore The Collections
Sword of Tipu Sultan - formerly exhibited in the Royal United Service Museum. Cover with two pieces with gold work, Gold hilt decorated with small colourful stones, lion head hilt.
VIEW on Museums of India Website
Queen Victoria Gold Coin of 1885
View of Chinsura. Published in "Select Views in India between 1785 and 1788" by William Hodges.
The Cazee - Emily Eden
Embroidered Kantha, woven by Bama Sundari Dasya of Magura in Jessore, Bangladesh, 1891 - Bama Sundari Dasya
VIEW on Museums of India Website
Chitpore Road - Messrs Bourne & Shepherd
Three dancing girls of Hindustan. From Hindoo & European manners in Bengal, series of twenty four plates. 1832. Drawn on stone by A Colin, from sketches by Mrs Belnos. (Lithograph)
VIEW on Museums of India Website
Krishna - Jamini Roy (Tempera on Chatai)
VIEW on Museums of India Website
An Officer going shooting - William Daniell (1769-1837) Oil on Canvas
VIEW on Museums of India Website
Discover Collection
VISIT VICTORIA MEMORIAL
Address: 1, Queen’s Way, Kolkata – 700 071
Victoria Memorial Hall Museum Galleries
Opening Hours 10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
The museum galleries remain closed on Mondays and designated National Holidays:
Republic Day, Holi (Dol Yatra), ldu’l Fitr*, Independence Day, Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, Dussehra (Vijay Dashami), Christmas Day.
Victoria Memorial Hall Gardens
Opening Hours 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The Gardens are open on all days.
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Site Updated On
April 22, 2026
Victoria Memorial Hall
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