Government Museum, Chennai

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archaeological museum art museum museum natural history museum

The Government Museum, Chennai is one of India's oldest and most prominent museums, renowned for its extensive collections of South Indian bronzes, archaeological artifacts, and art.

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Government Museum, Chennai canonical 14
Government Museum Chennai 2
Government Museum complex, Egmore 2

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instanceOf archaeological museum ⓘ
art museum ⓘ
museum ⓘ
natural history museum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Government Museum, Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Madras Museum
architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture ⓘ
city Chennai ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
hasCollectionType Amaravati sculptures ⓘ
Chola bronzes ⓘ
Indo-Saracenic art ⓘ
South Indian bronzes ⓘ
archaeological artifacts ⓘ
art ⓘ
botanical specimens ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
geological specimens ⓘ
natural history specimens ⓘ
numismatics ⓘ
palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
zoological specimens ⓘ
hasPart Anthropology Section ⓘ
Archaeology Section ⓘ
Art Gallery ⓘ
Botany Section ⓘ
Bronze Gallery ⓘ
Children’s Museum ⓘ
Geology Section ⓘ
National Art Gallery, Chennai ⓘ
Numismatics Section ⓘ
Zoology Section ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.chennaimuseum.org/ ⓘ
inception 1851 ⓘ
isOneOf largest museums in India ⓘ
oldest museums in India ⓘ
locatedIn Chennai ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedInArea Egmore ⓘ
operatedBy Department of Museums, Government of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
publicTransitAccess Chennai Egmore railway station ⓘ
surface form: Egmore railway station
significantFor Amaravati sculptures ⓘ
surface form: Amaravati Buddhist sculptures

Chola period bronzes ⓘ
archaeological collections from South India ⓘ
collection of South Indian bronzes ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ

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Children’s Museum → partOf → Government Museum, Chennai ⓘ
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