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Kolkat's Indian Museum shut till March 31

By IANS | Updated: March 15, 2020 00:20 IST

Three prime tourist attractions of the city - Indian Museum, Science City and Birla Industrial and Technology Museum - would remain shut for visitors from Sunday till March 31 as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of coronavirus, officials said on Saturday.

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Kolkata, March 14 Three prime tourist attractions of the city - Indian Museum, Science City and Birla Industrial and Technology Museum - would remain shut for visitors from Sunday till March 31 as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of coronavirus, officials said on Saturday.

The Indian Museum's trustee board at a meeting decided to close the iconic building and its premises to the visitors. The decision was taken as a large number of visitors from India as well as abroad come to see the exhibits, said an official.

( With inputs from IANS )

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