From the archive record
Jim Corbett museum is located at Choti Haldwani, 3 km form Kaladhungi, on Ramnagar Road in the state of Uttarakhand. It lies half way between the Corbett National Park and Nainital. The total area of the museum is 1.65 hectares. The house, which has turned into museum now, was built by Edward James Jim Corbett, a colonel in the British Indian Army, in 1922 with lime mortar and stone. It was here that Jim Corbett lived with his sister Maggie during the winters while their summer house was located in Nainital. He lived here for a long time till he sold it off in 1947. Presently, the house is under the Forest Department, which has been transformed it into a museum dedicated to honorable Mr. Jim Corbett. Corbett was famous for hunting the man eaters. Man eaters are the animals that have incorp