Kolkata gets India's first Museum of Words

You don’t walk into Kolkata’s Museum of Words expecting to be moved, but you are. Within minutes, you’re surrounded by sound, light, and motion. Words don’t sit quietly on walls; they ripple across screens, respond to your presence, and unfold through games, projections, and immersive installations. What could have been a dense, academic subject, language, feels unexpectedly playful, almost futuristic. Spread across nine galleries inside the historic Belvedere House, this is not a museum you passively observe. It’s one you explore, interact with, and, at times, even play your way through.