Ashutosh Museum of Indian Art

The Asutosh Museum of Indian Art is an art museum located on the main campus of the University of Calcutta on College Street, Calcutta (formerly Calcutta), India. Founded in 1937, it is the first public museum in any university in India. The University Museum is named after Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, who was Vice-Chancellor of the University for four consecutive years (1906-1914) and a fifth two-year term (1921-23).The aim of the museum was to collect and preserve samples of various phases of Indian art with a special emphasis on the art of Bengal.