Things to do in New Barrackpore, West Bengal
New Barrackpore is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
30 places to visit in and around New Barrackpore, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
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- 1Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet, in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, held British prisoners of war on the night of 20 June 1756.
- 2Indian Museum
The Indian Museum is a grand museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest, as well as the largest museum in Asia, by size of collection.
- 3Dhakeshwari Mata Temple, Kumortuli
- 4Marble Palace Zoo
Marble Palace Zoo, which was the first zoo opened in India, also by Raja Rajendra Mullick. It now primarily serves as an aviary, including peacocks, toucans, storks, and cranes.
- 5Birla Planetarium, Kolkata
The Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is a single-storeyed circular structure designed in the typical Indian style, whose architecture is loosely styled on the Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi.
- 6Mother's Wax Museum
Mother's Wax Museum is a wax museum located in Action Area – II of New Town, Kolkata, India on the 5th and 6th floors of the West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation building.
- 7Alipore Central Jail
- 8Calcutta Jain Temple
- 9National Council of Science Museums
National Council of Science Museums is an autonomous scientific organization functioning under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India for science communication through its network of science museums or science centres spread across India.
- 10Nicco Park
- 11Kolkata Museum of Modern Art
Kolkata Museum of Modern Art is a proposed art museum to be built in New Town, Kolkata.
- 12Birla Industrial & Technological Museum
- 13Thanthania Kalibari
- 14Nakhoda Mosque
- 15New Town Gate
- 16Asutosh Museum of Indian Art
Asutosh Museum of Indian Art is an art museum located in the main campus of University of Calcutta on College Street, Kolkata, India, on the first and second floors of the Centenary Building.
- 17Boat Museum, Kolkata
Boat Museum is a public museum dedicated to the history of boats in the Bengal region.
- 18Rail Museum, Howrah
The Kolkata Rail Museum, Howrah was established in 2006 to display the history and heritage of railways in the eastern part of India with special focus on Howrah railway station.
- 19S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
- 20Holy Rosary Cathedral, Kolkata
- 21Fanattic Sports Museum
Fanattic Sports Museum is a sports museum dedicated to various types of sports and is located at Ecospace Business Park in Action Area - II of New Town, Kolkata, India.
- 22Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth
- 23Basri Shah Mosque
- 24Kripamayee Kali Temple
- 25State Bank Archives and Museum
The State Bank Archives and Museum is an initiative to document and preserve the history of banking in the Indian subcontinent. The archive and museum opened on 13 May 2007 in the State Bank of India headquarters in Kolkata.
- 26Salt Lake Electronics Complex
- 27Old Mission Church, Kolkata
- 28Experimenter Gallery
- 29Jamini Roy Museum
- 30Balaram Mandir