kolkata the moon has descended on the lawns of victoria memorial much to the delight of the city people who were seen thronging the northern gate of the iconic structure to view the spectaclea touring artwork the 3d installation of the moon has been made using imagery from nasas lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera one of the exhibition organizers saidthe museum of the moon is a project of the british council supported by the ministry of culture it has been put on display at the victoria memorial hall in the city for the weekend visitors debanjan chakrabarti the director of british council east told ptipeopla stand in a queue to watch museum of the moon an art installation of the moons replicathe artwork created in partnership with the uk space agency was unveiled yesterday in the presence of the director of british council india alan gemmell the secretary and curator of victoria memorial jayanta sengupta and the director of mp birla planetarium debiprasad duarithe 23feetwide replica of the moon is half a million times smaller than the real moon it has been put together by british artist luke jerram chakraborty saidthis is an important project for british council it merges science with art he saidthe artwork will foster interest about astronomy among the youngsters the director of mp birla planetarium saidit is also interesting that the museum of the moon project came to kolkata 17 days after the total lunar eclipse duari addedavantika shah a class 10 student in a city school was among the hundreds who gathered at victoria memorial lawns yesterday to watch the giant installationthe surface images of the moon look so lifelike i will opt for space research in future she saidthe museum of the moon project has earlier toured bengaluru mumbai and udaipurwatch museum of the moon lands in city of joy kolkatans throng victoria memorial