Chennai Museums - Guide and advice

Government Museum (Pantheon Road)
Established in 1857, it is undoubtedly one of the country’s finest museums. it has sections devoted to geology, archaeology, anthropology, botany, zoology, sculpture and numismatics. It’s most prized possessions are the relice from the 2nd century AD Buddhist site of Amaravati and the prehistoric antiquities of south India. The sculpture gallery has exquisite carvings of the Hindu, Buddhist and jain faiths, an interesting collection of wood carvings from processional trmple chariots and also a fine collection of south Indian musical instruments and jewellery. The bronze gallery, the country’s finest has superb ancient icons and modern bronzes, including the famous bronze Natareja and the beautiful set of Rama. Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman.


Fort Museum
The exhibits recreate much of the flavour and aura of the East India Co’s tenure in south India. It has sections devoted to weaponry, uniform and costumes, coins, medals interest is the display of medieval weapons, with accompanying guides on their handing. There is also a fine collection of equatints of early Chennai, paintings of mpast governors and original writings of the early imperialists.