Government Museum, Tamil Nadu, India
3.5 (353 reviews) Monday: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #43 in Chennai District Speciality Museums
Mixture of great and awful
This majestic complex comprises six buildings and nearly fifty galleries; the impressive works cross every era and branch of science and art, from zoology and anthropology to puppetry, painting and fibre optic sculpture.
Address
Pantheon Road, Chennai (Madras), India.
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Website
http://www.chennaimuseum.org/
Working hours
Monday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday :
Saturday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 20:25
User Ratings
3.5 based on (353 reviews)
Excellent
25%
Good
36%
Satisfactory
25%
Poor
9%
Terrible
5%
Reviews
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4Honisoiquimalypense 5:00 PM Mar 5, 2020
Neat (fabulous) bronze section.
We paid a flying visit to this Museum to see the famous Chola bronzes. This is a superb collection of bronzes spread over 2 floors, some dating back over 1000 years. Lost of depictions do Shive, Vishnu and Parvati. The most famous is the Ardhanarishvara bronze which is half Shiva ( male right half) and Shakti (female left half) each with their respective sensual attributes! We had no time to see anything else - there were neat buildings there but some needing repair!
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4Milind Kshirsagar 5:00 PM Jan 4, 2020
Huge collection but bad maintenance
It has numerous galleries housing rare collectibles. However some galleries are I'll maintained. Whatever, just go for it. The contemporary art gallery is having original paintings of Raja Ravi Varma.
