Government Museum, Chennai

The Museum complex by Willie Burke, c. 1905

Gallery inside the museum

The National Art Gallery, one of the museum buildings

The entrance sign at the museum

Canons at the museum complex

Window inside Government Museum, Chennai.

Inside of Chennai Museum

Government Museum, Chennai

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Government Museum, Chennai Overview

Government Museum was established in 1851 and is the second oldest museum in the country after the Indian Museum in Kolkata. Situated in Egmore suburb of Chennai, it is built in the Indo-Sarcenic style and houses a rich collection of the works of Raja Ravi Varma.