12 Kolkata: The seaside tourist destination of Mandarmani will have an added attraction now with the coming up of a sports museum there this week. The museum, the first of its kind in the districts of Bengal, was opened within the Luxury Amar Tree Resort complex near the sea. The place will be open every day from 12 noon to 4pm for both the locals as well as the huge number of tourists who come down to the seaside resort village in East Midnapore district.It will be free entry for all visitors who will be able to have a look at various sports mementos displayed in a beautiful way. The museum was opened by Asian Games gold-medal winning middle distance runner Jyotirmoyee Sikdar and first Indian women's footballer to receive the Arjuna Award Shanti Mullick along with East Bengal footballer Souvik Chakrabarti.Set up jointly with the Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club, the museum will be a journey down memory lane for some and revisiting the past for others. The IPL fans will feel happy seeing the helmet worn by West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell as a player of three-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders as well as the signed jersey of all squad members of the Kolkata franchise in IPL 2023.They will also get to see the jersey that former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni wore as a Rising Pune Supergiants (2017) member when the side played the IPL for two seasons in 2016 and 2017. The cricket lovers will get a chance to see South African all-rounder Lance Klusener's autographed jersey as well as a signed cap and jersey donated by former India batter Virender Sehwag.Bengal's own former India wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha's autographed gloves are also on display.But it was not only cricket, but people will feel nostalgic seeing the hockey stick used by Gurbux Singh, the 1964 Olympics gold medal winning India hockey player as well as the blazer won by legendary Chuni Goswami while leading the Indian football team to gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta.