Chennai Government Museum

The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of in , .
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  • Opening hours:
    Saturday—Thursday: 10:30 AM—6:30 PM
    August 15th: closed
    January 26th: closed
    October 2nd: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum of human history and culture in India
  • Also known as: “Government Museum, Chennai”, “Madras Museum”, “சென்னை அரசு அருங்காட்சியகம்”, “சென்னை அருங்காட்சியகம்”, “ప్రభుత్వ సంగ్రహాలయం”, “మద్రాసు మ్యూజియం”, “మద్రాస్ మ్యూజియం”, and “清奈政府博物館”
  • Address: Pantheon Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Connemera Public Library and Egmore Eye Hospital.

Library
Photo: SriniG, Public domain.
The Connemara Public Library at in , Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India.

Hospital
The , officially the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital, is a public eye hospital in , . is situated 370 metres east of Chennai Government Museum.

Stadium
Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium is a field hockey stadium at , , . Named after M. Radhakrishna Pillai, it is one of the international hockey stadiums situated at Tamil Nadu, followed by the at , . is situated 610 metres northeast of Chennai Government Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Egmore and Chetpet.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , situated about 2.0 kilometres from kilometre zero of Chennai city. Lying on a peninsular bulge on the northern banks of the , apart from being an important transportation and tourism hub as well as shopping district, also has residential colonies.

Suburb
Photo: R Kamal, Public domain.
, also known as Chetput, is a neighbourhood in the city of is a neighbourhood of , situated about 4.0 kilometres from kilometre zero of Chennai city.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
, formerly Madras, is the largest coastal city in and the capital of the state of . It is on the east coast of peninsular India.

Chennai Government Museum

Latitude
13.07128° or 13° 4′ 17″ north
Longitude
80.25675° or 80° 15′ 24″ east
Open location code
7M5237C4+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q3536763
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Telugu—“Chennai Government Museum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gobernuaren Museoa (Chennai)”
  • Basque: “Gobernuaren Museoa”
  • Bengali: “সরকারি জাদুঘর, চেন্নাই”
  • Chinese: “政府博物館”
  • Chinese: “金奈政府博物館”
  • Chinese: “金奈政府博物馆”
  • Esperanto: “Registara Muzeo ĉe Madraso”
  • French: “musée gouvernemental de Madras”
  • French: “Musée gouvernemental de Madras”
  • German: “Government Museum”
  • Hindi: “एग्मोर सरकार संग्रहालय”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Pemerintah, Chennai”
  • Japanese: “チェンナイ政府博物館”
  • Malay: “Muzium Kerajaan, Chennai”
  • Malayalam: “സർക്കാർ മ്യൂസിയം, ചെന്നൈ”
  • Tamil: “அரசு அருங்காட்சியகம், சென்னை”
  • Tamil: “அரசு அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Telugu: “గవర్నమెంట్ మ్యూజియం, చెన్నై”
  • Telugu: “గవర్నమెంట్ మ్యూజియం”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Egmore Government Museum and Main Building.

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