Gurusaday Museum — Attraction in West Bengal

If you are looking to dive into history of erstwhile Bengal know more about Bengal folk art Patachitra paintings, intricate Sujni kantha, terracotta panels, stone sculpture collection of 18th and 19th century from different parts of Bengal like Birbhum, Bankura and others this museum is surely not to be missed. It includes the personal collection of Sir Gurusaday Dutta ICS who lived in Bengal between 1881 and 1941 . There is a Bratachari or physical education centre adjacent to the museum. Dutt had pioneered the Bratachari movement and was a great connoisseur of art and culture which is evident from the museum. The museum though unded Ministry of Culture is looking for funds as government funding was stopped in 2017. The Rs 10 ticket from visitors is not adequate to sustain the museum and hope people read my reviews and support the cause and visit the museum to visualize our rich culture...

If bengali folk culture is your interest, this is the first place you'd want to visit. If your spouse or mother makes or used to make Kantha, then great news for you! Your spouse or mom must want to visit here! Excellent collection there, well maintained place. But alas! Nobody goes there! Don't know why! The day I went to visit ...I spent the whole day but me and my friend were the only visitors throughout the day. It is sad that how this work of arts remains unnoticed. People who don't know the culture about bengali must Check in here. And what surprises me is the entry fees! Only ₹2 .... Can you believe it??? You can be a witness of rich culture of our bengal for only ₹ 2 ! Even a laddoo is more expensive than this astonishing cultural history! I would recommend it strongly to anyone who wants to know or wants to have an idea about bengal. To...

Gurusaday Museum is open on Sunday. If you are intetested on "Kantha" - an unique piece of artwork based on textile, please have a look on the collection. They say this museum is the largest collection of "Sujni Kantha", "Byaton Kantha" etc in the whole world. Mostly collected from neighboring Bangladesh. Precisely Khulna, Faridpur, Pabna, Jessore, Kumilla.

This is basically a two storied museum. Over at ground floor there is the collection pf "Kantha", "Pot Chitro" and ancient stone & metal sculptures. On the first floor there are dices of "Aam sotto" - a mango pulp spread, dices of "Sondesh" - sweets of bengal, terrakota dolls, ancient earthen utensils and many more.

Books & souvenirs can be collected. A small entry fee is there. Full renovation gping on. Parking available on the main road. Overall a nice collection. Worth...