Calcutta is city with strong cultural, literary and religious flavours. It is a city which has countries first tunnel railway. It reveals itself to be one of the country's most fascinating and congenial cities. The calm of the Hoogly combined with the rush of people in the streets make Calcutta a city to visit. It is the city which acts as the gate way to the North East and has been coming up as a major commercial city in the nation.
Academy houses the art galleries which exhibits by contemporary artist's throughout the year.
Its all galleries are open daily except the Rabindra Gallery which is closed on Monday. The academy houses a gallery of ancient Indian coins. It was established in 1937, it has interesting pieces of Bengal art. It is located at 1 Park Street, Calcutta 700016and was founded by Sir William Jones in 1784. It is located right in the middle of the city , it is the place dedicated to three Martyrs of Bengal - Dinesh, Badal and Binay.