Kolkata Museum of Modern Art
Kolkata Museum of Modern Art (KMOMA) is a proposed art museum to be built in New Town, Kolkata. The KMOMA had been estimated to cost about Rs 500 crore and is set to be built on a 10 acre plot in the nearby township of New Town by the state government, is designed by acclaimed Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, who created the Bird's Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics. The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee had laid the foundation stone for this project in November 2013.
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Kolkata Museum of Modern Art (KMOMA) is a proposed art museum to be built in New Town, Kolkata. The KMOMA had been estimated to cost about Rs 500 crore and is set to be built on a 10 acre plot in the nearby township of New Town by the state government, is designed by acclaimed Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, who created the Bird's Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics. The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee had laid the foundation stone for this project in November 2013.
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• Name — Kolkata Museum of Modern Art • Alternate Names — KMOMA • Location — New Town, Greater Kolkata, West Bengal, India • Architect — Herzog & de Meuron • Size — 10 acre • Governing Body — Government of West Bengal • Website — http: kmomamuseum.org/index.html
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The KMOMA is located along the Major Arterial Road (part of Biswa Bangla Sarani) in Action Area - II of New Town at. The park will be surrounded by Akankha on the north, the New Town Eco Park and Kolkata International Convention Center on the south, the upcoming Central Business District and International Financial Hub on the east, and existing human settlement of Jatragachi/Hatiara on the west and south-west.
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- 2.Swanky art hub comes up in Rajarhat. 14 November 2013.
- 3.Asia's first museum of modern Art coming up in Kolkata. The Economic Times. 2008-05-13.
- 4.English News Headlines: Latest News Today, Breaking News from India & World.
- 5.Museum of modern art to come up in Kolkata. The Hindu. 2013-11-15. 0971-751X.
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