Sabarna Sangrahashala

Sabarna Sangrahashala is a family museum located in Barisha, Behala in South Kolkata, West Bengal, housed in the ancestral Baro Bari of the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family. Established in 2005, it preserves artifacts, documents and heirlooms of one of Kolkata's oldest zamindar families. The museum is notable for displaying the 1698 deed of land transfer to the East India Company and offers insight into the early history of Kolkata and Bengali heritage.

Visitors can expect a small, family-run heritage museum set within a traditional Bengali zamindar residence in Barisha. The collection includes old manuscripts, land deeds, coins, stamps, newspapers, photographs, household objects and family heirlooms displayed in galleries. The setting is residential and intimate, with guided explanations by family members, courtyards and period architecture reflecting Bengali zamindari lifestyle.

The museum preserves the history of the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family, zamindars of the region since the early 17th century. The family held the zamindari of Barisha and surrounding villages and executed the 1698 deed transferring the villages of Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kalikata to the British East India Company, an event linked to the early urban history of Kolkata. Artifacts date from the Mughal period onwards.

The museum showcases Bengali zamindari culture, traditions and lifestyle, preserving family rituals, documents and everyday objects. It serves as a community heritage centre for the Sabarna family and highlights Bengali cultural heritage, local history and the evolution of Kolkata through family archives and heirlooms.