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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Proposed museum in New Town, Kolkata}}<br />
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|name = Kolkata Museum of Modern Art<br />
|alternate_names = KMOMA<br />
|image = Proposed Logo Kolkata Museum of Modern art.gif<br />
|location = [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]], [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area|Greater Kolkata]],<ref>{{cite news|title=North 24 Parganas district|url=https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/north_24_parganas#lb7|archive-date=8 June 2019|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608011413/https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/north_24_parganas#lb7|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|22.5255|88.3665|display=inline,title}}<br />
|pushpin_map = India<br />
|architect = [[Herzog & de Meuron]]<br />
|size = {{convert|10|acre|m2|order=flip}}<br />
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|governing_body = [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
|website = {{URL|http://kmomamuseum.org/index.html}}<br />
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'''Kolkata Museum of Modern Art''' ('''KMOMA''') is a proposed [[art museum]] to be built in [[New Town, Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/news/25055-swanky-art-hub-comes-up-in-rajarhat.html|title = Swanky art hub comes up in Rajarhat|date = 14 November 2013}}</ref><br />
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The KMOMA had been estimated to cost about Rs 500 crore and is set to be built on a {{convert|10|acre|m2|adj=on|order=flip}} plot in the nearby township of New Town by the state government, is designed by acclaimed Swiss architects [[Herzog & de Meuron]], who created the [[Beijing National Stadium|Bird's Nest]] stadium for the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]].{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/asias-first-museum-of-modern-art-coming-up-in-kolkata/articleshow/3034951.cms|title=Asia's first museum of modern Art coming up in Kolkata|date=2008-05-13|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref><br />
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The [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] [[Mamata Banerjee]] had laid the foundation stone for this project in November 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://post.jagran.com/mamata-banerjee-lays-foundation-of-kolkata-museum-of-modern-art-1384512918|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229084133/http://post.jagran.com/mamata-banerjee-lays-foundation-of-kolkata-museum-of-modern-art-1384512918|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2017|title = English News Headlines: Latest News Today, Breaking News from India & World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/museum-of-modern-art-to-come-up-in-kolkata/article5352415.ece|title=Museum of modern art to come up in Kolkata|date=2013-11-15|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-02-28|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==Location==<br />
The KMOMA is located along the Major Arterial Road (part of [[Biswa Bangla Sarani]]) in Action Area - II of [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] at {{coord|22|35|55|N|88|28|03|E}}. 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.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Indian Museum, Kolkata|Indian Museum]]<br />
*[[HIDCO]]<br />
*[[List of museums in India]]<br />
*[[List of museums in West Bengal]]<br />
*[[Museum of Modern Art]]<br />
*[[The Last Harvest : Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://kmomamuseum.org Official homepage]<br />
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[[Category:Art museums and galleries in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Modern art museums]]<br />
[[Category:Proposed museums in India]]<br />
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