Government Museum

The Government Museum, Chennai, often known as the Madras Museum, is human history and culture museum in Chennai, India, located in the Government Museum Complex in the Egmore neighborhood. It was founded in 1851 and is India's second oldest museum, after the Indian Museum in Kolkata. It is especially well-known for its archaeological and numismatic collections. Outside of Europe, it possesses the biggest collection of Roman artifacts. The gigantic Museum Theatre is one of the most spectacular of them. The National Art Gallery is also located on the grounds of the museum.

It was constructed in Indo-Saracenic architecture and holds rare European and Asian paintings by notable artists, including Raja Ravi Varma. In 2018, it had 0.6 million visitors. It features Asia's largest collection of bronze idols, with 500 going back to 1000 BCE.

Location: Pantheon Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600008, India

Website: govtmuseumchennai.org