Chandannagar Museum and Institut de Chandernagor

The Chandannagar Museum and Institut de Chandernagor is a heritage museum located on Strand Road along the Hooghly River in Chandannagar, West Bengal. Housed in the former French colonial administrative building, it preserves artifacts from Chandannagar's period as a French settlement (1673–1950). The institute functions as a museum, library and archive, displaying French-era documents, furniture and objects that illustrate the town's colonial history and Indo-French cultural heritage.

Visitors can expect a small two-storey colonial building on the Chandannagar Strand housing galleries with French colonial-era artifacts, furniture, paintings, documents and photographs. The museum displays items related to the French administration in Chandannagar, including personal belongings of French officials, cannons and archival records. The institute also maintains a library and archive with French-language books and documents. The setting is quiet and educational, located close to the Hooghly River promenade.