Rabindra Bharati Museum was established on 8 May 1961, the year of Rabindranath Tagore’s centenary celebrations at his ancestral house at Jorasanko where he was born and died in 1941. A new university in his name was also founded on the same grounds the following year. Rabindra Bharati Museum became one of the integral parts of this University. The museum provides glimpses into Rabindranath Tagore’s life as well as the nationalist movement in India.
The museum’s main objectives are
• To preserve the portion in which Rabindranath lived and bring into prominence portions of the ancestral house mentioned in the autobiographies of Rabindranath;
• Publish Rabindranath’s works;
• Collect manuscripts, letters, paintings, photographs, gramophone records and personal belongings of Rabindranath and other articles of interest of associated with him and the Tagore family.

About the collection: The collection focuses around the poet’s life and works, the Bengal renaissance and the nationalist movement of India. It comprises archival documents, paintings, sketches, photographs, utensils, furniture, recordings, personal belongings and manuscripts.