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This museum is the largest and the oldest in India. It is also the ninth oldest museum in the world and has a rare collection of antiques, ornaments, skeletons, fossils, and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1814. Identify this museum.

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Indian Museum
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Victoria Memorial
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Archaeological Museum
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National Gallery of Modern Art
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The correct option is A Indian Museum
The Indian Museum in Kolkata is the largest and the oldest multipurpose museum in the Asia-Pacific region. The Asiatic Society of Bengal founded it in 1814. This museum has six sections comprising of 35 galleries of cultural and scientific artefacts. The art and archaeology sections in this museum hold collection of international importance. This museum is considered as the beginning of modernity and the end of the medieval era.

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