West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurates museum in state Legislative Assembly

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday inaugurated a museum in the basement of the Platinum Jubilee Memorial Building at West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The Museum depicts the rich history of the Assembly, its origin,  functioning of the legislative council in pre-Independence days and the transfer of power from the British. 

The 2000 sq. ft museum displays sculptures of state leaders who have contributed to building the nation as well as members of the legislative Assembly, starting with the late B.C. Roy.

Fiberglass representations of art forms of different



states and foreign countries will also be on display. There are papers related to the eve of 1947 when the province was partitioned into West Bengal and East Pakistan, and the Bengal Legislative Assembly was constituted with 90 members representing the constituencies that fell within the area. A history of the Assembly covering the first meeting after Independence, on November 21, 1947, is compiled. Works of painters like Jamini Roy and Abanindranath Tagore are also on display.

The National council of Science Museums conceptualized and developed the museum.