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Rabindra Museum (India)
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Location Mungpu, Darjeeling
AddressDirectorate of Cinchona & Other Medical Plants, Mungpu, Darjeeling- 734313[ citation needed ]
Coordinates 26°58′28″N88°22′30″E / 26.974425°N 88.375086°E / 26.974425; 88.375086 Coordinates: 26°58′28″N88°22′30″E / 26.974425°N 88.375086°E / 26.974425; 88.375086

The Rabindra Museum is a museum located in Mungpoo, near Kalimpong, in the state of West Bengal, India. Poet Rabindranath Tagore stayed in this house in 1938 and 1939, at the invitation of poet and novelist Maitreyi Devi, the wife of quinologist dr. M.M.Sen. [1] [2]

On 13 April 2011, it was damaged when a tree fell during a storm. [3]

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