Birla Industrial & Technological Museum

The Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM) in Kolkata is the first science museum in India, established in 1959 under the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Ministry of Culture. The museum is engaged in popularizing and promoting science especially among the youth through interactive models, exhibitions, educational programmes, and activities. It features galleries on physics, transport, mathematics, metals, electronics, a children's gallery, and a coal mine exhibit.