Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Science museum at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

The Nehru Museum of Science and Technology is a science museum located on the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur campus, housing exhibits on technological and scientific innovations. The two-story building displays technical models, scientific instruments, and educational collections that trace developments in various fields.

The museum was established in 1990 and occupies the former Hijli Detention Camp building where British authorities imprisoned independence fighters in the 1930s. This location preserves a direct connection to India's struggle for freedom.

The building is now called Hijli Saheed Bhavan, and its earlier life as a detention camp is remembered in the name: two detainees died there in police firing in the 1930s, an incident that drew protests from Rabindranath Tagore and Subhas Chandra Bose. The indoor galleries hold technical models gathered from institutes and organisations across India.

The outdoor park holds 14 open-air demonstrations and exhibits, among them a hunter plane and a steam engine; the indoor galleries and the archive room are in the former Hijli Detention Camp building, now called Hijli Saheed Bhavan, on the IIT Kharagpur campus. Plan to move between the building and the grounds.

The archive room holds documents on the history of IIT Kharagpur and of Midnapore district, so the collection covers both the institute that first occupied the building and the surrounding region. The outdoor park adds 14 open-air demonstrations, among them a hunter plane and a steam engine.