Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, West Bengal
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Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, founded in 1990, is located in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
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 Nehru Museum of Science and Technology is located in Kharagpur, West Bengal. It was founded in 1990 at the Hijli Detention camp building, later the IIT-Kharagpur Heritage Building, which is now named as Hijli Saheed Bhavan. The museum has many indoor exhibits which include technical models collected from various institutes and organizations across India. The park outside the museum contains 14 open-air demonstrations and outdoor exhibits including a hunter plane and a steam engine. The museum has an archive room showcasing documents relating to history of the institute and Midnapore District.
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(Last Updated on : 10-12-2019)
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