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Museums in Tamil Nadu
Fort
St. George Museum, Chennai
Fort St. George occupies a place of pride and prominence in Chennai. It was
built in 1640 AD, by the British East India Company under the direct supervision
of Francis Day and Andrew Cogon.
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Government
State Museum, Chennai
Once British Society in Chennai used to meet in the Pantheon. Its 18th century
buildings and grounds have over the years since then been developed into the
Connemara Library, one of the country's three National Libraries, the national
Art Gallery
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Art Museum, Madurai
The museum at the Sri Meenakshi Temple complex has on display bronze images
and icons, musical instruments, lamps, jewellery and other art objects. Also
on view are paintings and wood carvings.
Art Museum
Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple
Madurai 625 001
Timing: 6.00 am to 8.00 pm
Open on all days.
Government Museum, Madurai
The various sections in the museum deal with archaeology, anthropology, zoology,
numismatology, botany and geology. The museum has a fine collection of bronzes
which are not allowed to be photographed.
Government Museum
Gandhi Memorial Museum Campus
Madurai 625 020
Timings: Summer: 9.00 am to 12.30 pm Winter; 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm
Closed on Fridays second Saturdays and national holidays
Thanjavur
Art Gallery
The former palace of the Nayaks of Thanjavur, once viceroys of the Vijayanagara
rulers and later hereditary rulers, is a wonderful and extravagant piece of
architecture, built in 1600.
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