Fanattic Sports Museum (FSM) is a sports
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
dedicated to various types of sports and is located at Ecospace Business Park in Action Area - II of
New Town, Kolkata
New Town is a planned satellite city of Kolkata, India. It comes under North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and covered by New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA).
HIDCO planned developi ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. Established in January 2017, FSM is known as the first sports museum in Kolkata as well as in West Bengal.
It is an initiative by
Prof. Boria Majumdar, an eminent historian, writer, commentator and journalist, in association with
Harshavardhan Neotia
Harshavardhan Neotia (born 19 July 1961) is the chairman of the Ambuja Neotia Group, a conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata.
Life and career
Harshavardhan Neotia was born and brought up in Kolkata in a Marwari family. He attended La Martinie ...
, chairman of the Ambuja Neotia group, and consists of sports-related artefacts of various famous sports personalities.
References
General references
* http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-commentary/fanattic-sports-museum-a-new-temple-of-sports/
* http://www.oneindia.com/sports/sachin-tendulkar-opens-fanatic-sports-museum-kolkata-2331687.html
* https://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/indias-first-sports-museum-opens-in-kolkata-1653879
* http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/sachin-tendulkar-s-gloves-messi-s-boot-and-more-at-india-s-first-sports-museum/story-azjCRH0qMos8BMesIlHK1I.html
* http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/boria-majumdar-sports-museum-kolkata/1/869761.html
* http://www.financialexpress.com/sports/kolkatas-fanattic-sports-museum-is-a-treasure-house-of-usain-bolts-jersey-to-sachin-tendulkars-gloves/538031/
* http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/sachin-tendulkar-sourav-ganguly-abhinav-bindra-inaugurate-indias-first-multi-sport-museum-571442
* http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/boria-majumdar-multi-sports-museum-kolkata-sachin-tendulkar-sourav-ganguly/1/869431.html
* http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/boria-majumdar-multi-sports-museum/1/869682.html
* http://cricwizz.com/blog/2017/01/30/fanattic-sports-museum-city-joy-gets-share-sporting-legacy/
External links
* {{official, http://fanatticsportsmuseum.com/
Sports museums
Museums in Kolkata
New Town, Kolkata