Victoria memorial Victoria Memorial situated in Kolkata.jpg Established 1921 Location Queen's Way, Kolkata, WB, India Type Museum Collection size Nearly 30,000 (31 March 2009)[1] Architect William Emerson Website victoriamemorial-cal.org The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, which was built between 1906 and 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria (1819–1901) and is now a museum and tourist destination under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture.[2] The memorial lies on the Maidan (grounds) by the bank of the Hooghly River, near Jawaharlal Nehru Road (better known as Chowringhee Road)