Maritime Museum - Cuttack

The Odisha State Maritime Museum, which has been set up at this Jobra Workshop, has 10 nos of galleries along with its ancillary components, as required in a modern museum. This location, which has a beginning around 1869 has the unique distinction of being the only workshop, which catered to the requirement of three provinces of Bihar, Bengal and Odisha under the Bengal Presidency of British India. It was set up by the then PWD department of British administration through the efforts of one Scottish Engineer Mr.G.H.Faulkner immediately after the great famine of 1866 in Odisha, known as “Naa Anka Durviksha”.

The British administration took up the work of excavating the Coast Canal, Taladanda Canal and other irrigation projects to counter the effects of drought. This workshop was mainly catering to the need of anicuts, dams, canals and most important inland water transport system. At that time the access to Calcutta from Cuttack was only through a journey on river Mahanadi to the False Point near Paradeep and on sea up to Calcutta or from Chandabali to Calcutta.

Maritime Museum in Cuttack displays how boats and ships were manufactured in old days and during British time. Beautiful Aquarium has types of fish found in water-bodies of Odisha.

 It was a very nice orgainzation for the school students, and other visitors. The entry fee of Rs. 10/- per person and car parking Rs 40/- and there were two additional shows 1) Aquarium - entry ticket 30/- (optional) , 2) 4D SFX Show - 60/- (optional) .  Apart from ticket cost while entering the show we have to deposit Rs 50.00 towards special glasses for the show.Please retain the ticket as we get that Rs 50.00 refund only if we have the ticket.The show is of say about 15 Minutes.

Located in Barabati area along the Mahanadi river banks. The museum is having variety of artifacts, a bit history and a bit of technology. The thing i liked is the garden and decoration around, good for snapz. CLOSED ON MONDAYS.