Victoria Memorial
The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument in the Maidan in Central Kolkata, having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj.
- Museum
- …is wheelchair accessible
- …is operated by the Ministry of Culture
- …has 2 floors
- Opening hours: Tuesday–Friday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM and Saturday–Sunday 10:00 AM–8:00 PM and public holidays closed
- Description: memorial dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria in Kolkata
- Address: 1 Queen’s Way, Kolkata, 700071
- Also known as“Victoria Memorial Hall”“Victoria Memorial, Kolkata”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birla Planetarium and Rabindra Sadan.
Birla Planetarium
Planetarium
The Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, West Bengal, India… Birla Planetarium is situated 490 metres east of Victoria Memorial.
Rabindra Sadan
Theater building
Rabindra Sadan is a cultural centre and theatre complex in Kolkata, India. Rabindra Sadan is situated 410 metres southeast of Victoria Memorial.
Fort William
Fort
Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort William, officially Vijay Durg, is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta. Fort William is situated 1¼ km northwest of Victoria Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maidan and Bhowanipore.
Hastings
Suburb
Hastings is a neighbourhood of Central South Kolkata…
Victoria Memorial
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Latitude
22.54496° or 22° 32′ 42″ north
Longitude
88.34255° or 88° 20′ 33″ east
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Victoria Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قاعة فكتوريا التذكارية”
- Armenian: “Վիկտորյա Մեմորիալ թանգարան”
- Assamese: “ভিক্টোৰিয়া মেম’ৰিয়েল, কলকাতা”
- Basque: “Victoria Memorial (Kalkuta)”
- Basque: “Victoria Memorial”
- Bengali: “ভিক্টোরিয়া মেমোরিয়াল হল”
- Bengali: “ভিক্টোরিয়া মেমোরিয়াল”
- Bengali: “ভিক্টোরিয়া স্মৃতিসৌধ”
- Catalan: “Victoria Memorial”
- Chinese: “維多利亞紀念堂”
- Chinese: “维多利亚纪念堂”
- Dutch: “Victoria Memorial”
- Finnish: “Victoria Memorial Hall”
- French: “Victoria Memorial”
- German: “Victoria Memorial”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת ויקטוריה”
- Hebrew: “ויקטוריה ממוריאל”
- Hindi: “विक्टोरिया मेमोरियल हाल”
- Hindi: “विक्टोरिया मेमोरियल हॉल”
- Hindi: “विक्टोरिया मेमोरियल”
- Hindi: “विक्टोरिया स्मारक”
- Indonesian: “Victoria Memorial, Kolkata”
- Italian: “Victoria Memorial”
- Japanese: “ヴィクトリア・メモリアル”
- Japanese: “ヴィクトリア記念堂”
- Kannada: “ವಿಕ್ಟೋರಿಯಾ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ”
- Latvian: “Viktorijas memoriāls”
- Malayalam: “വിക്ടോറിയ മെമ്മോറിയൽ, കൊൽക്കത്ത”
- Marathi: “व्हिक्टोरिया मेमोरियल”
- Panjabi: “ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਯਾਦਗਾਰ, ਕਲਕੱਤਾ”
- Persian: “کاخ یادبود ویکتوریا (کلکته)”
- Persian: “کاخ یادبود ویکتوریا”
- Polish: “Victoria Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Victoria Memorial”
- Russian: “Мемориал Виктории”
- Slovenian: “Victoria Memorial”
- Spanish: “Victoria Memorial”
- Swedish: “Victoria Memorial, Calcutta”
- Tamil: “விக்டோரியா நினைவிடம்”
- Telugu: “విక్టోరియా మెమోరియల్ హాలు”
- Telugu: “విక్టోరియా మెమోరియల్”
- Thai: “พระบรมราชานุสรณ์สมเด็จพระราชินีนาถวิกตอเรีย”
- Thai: “อนุสรณ์สถานพระนางวิคตอเรีย (โกลกาตา)”
- Ukrainian: “Меморіал Вікторії”
- Urdu: “وکٹوریہ میموریل، کولکاتا”
- Welsh: “Cofeb Victoria”
- Western Panjabi: “وکٹوریہ میموریل ہال”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Victoria Memorial Hall and Victoria Memorial Garden.
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