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The eminent Indian [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] officer, [[Gurusaday Dutt]] collected over 3,000 artifacts in the course of his entire career, spanning from 1905–1941. The bulk of the artifacts were collected between 1929 and 1939.  

After his passing away his belongings, especially the artifacts, were collected in an estate which was placed under the supervision of a trust of which the two original trustees were his brother-in-law, Major (Hony.) [[Basanta Kumar De]], Commercial Traffic Manager (retired),<ref name="liveslessforgotten1">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=1950 Lives Less Forgotten: Basanta Kumar De]</ref> of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway|BNR]], who was the family nominee on the board of the trust and Shri Subimal Ray, [[Barrister|Bar-at-law]], formerly Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]], who was the legal adviser to the trust. Dutt's son, Birendrasaday Dutt, esq.,<ref name="liveslessforgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=83 Lives Less Forgotten: Birendrasaday Dutt]</ref> formerly of the Burma Shell, was also closely involved in the management of these artifacts. Based on the recommendations made by the two members of the trust and his son the Bengal Bratachari Society founded the museum. Later, these artifacts were shifted to the newly established museum built in Joka, Kolkata. The museum building was formally opened in the presence of the then chief minister of West Bengal, [[Dr.]] [[Bidhan Chandra Ray]] in 1961 and the galleries were opened in the presence of the education minister of India, [[Professor]] [[Humayun Kabir]] in 1963.