Museums in India

Discover 1 artists’ homes, studios and creative spaces across India. Browse by city or open a museum page for its description and practical visitor information.

Kolkata

Jorasanko Thakurbari

Kolkata, India

Jorasanko Thakurbari is the ancestral mansion of the Tagore family in the Jorasanko neighbourhood of North Kolkata. Rabindranath Tagore — poet, novelist, composer, painter, and the first non-European Nobel Laureate in Literature — was born here in 1861 and died here in 1941.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of museums are included?

The collection focuses on artists’ homes, writers’ houses, architects’ studios and other places connected to creative lives.

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