Kolkata Museum of Modern Art (KMOMA) is a proposed
art museum
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to be built in
New Town, Kolkata.
The KMOMA had been estimated to cost about Rs 500 crore and is set to be built on a 10-acre plot in the nearby township of New Town by the state government, is designed by acclaimed Swiss architects
Herzog & de Meuron
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, who created the
Bird's Nest stadium for the
Beijing Olympics.
The
Chief Minister of West Bengal
The Chief Minister of West Bengal is the representative of the Government of India in the state of West Bengal and the head of the executive branch of the Government of West Bengal. The chief minister is head of the Council of Ministers and ap ...
Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office. Having served many times as a ...
had laid the foundation stone for this project in November 2013.
Location
The KMOMA is located along the Major Arterial Road (part of
Biswa Bangla Sarani
Biswa Bangla Sarani is a 33 km long road in Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India. It starts from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and ends at Garia Kamalgazi. The road passes through Kaikhali, Haldiram ( Teghoria), New Town, Sal ...
) in Action Area - II of
New Town
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at . The park will be surrounded by Akankha on the north, the
New Town Eco Park
Eco Park (or Prakriti Tirtha) is an urban park in New Town, Greater Kolkata, India. The park is situated on a plot and is surrounded by a waterbody with an island in the middle. The park was conceptualised by Chief Minister of West Benga ...
and Kolkata International Convention Center on the south, the upcoming Central Business District and International Financial Hub on the east, and existing human settlement of Jatragachi/
Hatiara
Hatiara is a locality in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
T ...
on the west and south-west.
See also
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Indian Museum
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HIDCO
The West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation or HIDCO is a public sector undertaking headquartered in Narkelbagan, Action Area - I of New Town, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It plans and executes buildings, projects, parks, m ...
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List of museums in India
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List of museums in West Bengal
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Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of t ...
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The Last Harvest : Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore
References
External links
Official homepage
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Art museums and galleries in Kolkata
Modern art museums
Proposed museums in India
New Town, Kolkata