Government Museum, Chennai

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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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Surface form	Occurrences
Government Museum Chennai	1
Madras Museum	1

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Predicate	Object
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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this entity surface form: Government Museum Chennai