Rabindra Museum, Museum in Mungpoo, West Bengal, India
The Rabindra Museum occupies the house in Mungpoo, near Kalimpong, where Rabindranath Tagore stayed in 1938 and 1939 at the invitation of Maitreyi Devi, wife of the quinologist M. M. Sen. It holds photographs and paintings of Tagore and other objects connected to his life and work. On 13 April 2011 a tree fell on the building during a storm and damaged it.
The house in Mungpoo, near Kalimpong, belonged to the quinologist Dr. M. M. Sen and his wife, the poet and novelist Maitreyi Devi. At her invitation Rabindranath Tagore stayed there in 1938 and 1939. On 13 April 2011 a tree fell during a storm and damaged the building, which is now a museum.
The house belongs to the family of Maitreyi Devi, the poet and novelist who invited Tagore to stay in 1938 and 1939; her husband was the quinologist M. M. Sen. Visitors see the rooms where Tagore lived and the photographs and paintings of him kept there.
The museum is in Mungpoo, near Kalimpong, not in Kurseong; the house stands on a hillside reached by road from Kalimpong or Darjeeling. The building was damaged on 13 April 2011 when a storm felled a tree onto it, so check locally that it is open before travelling. The rooms hold photographs and paintings of Tagore.
The house was damaged on 13 April 2011 when a storm brought down a tree on the structure. The museum displays photographs and paintings of Rabindranath Tagore, and the Mungpoo.org website documents images of these exhibits inside the Ravindra Memorial Museum.
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