Visit to the Government Museum at Egmore, Chennai

I visited the Government Museum at Chennai with the students of Foundation Programme, National Institute of Fashion Technology, on On 22nd October 2013. The museum is quite big with many sections like art, archaeology, numismatics, geology, zoology, botany, chemical conservation, and children's museum.

Government Museum at Egmore, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

Government Museum at Egmore, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar 

 This Museum, established in 1851, is located in Egmore, Chennai and is the second oldest museum in India, the first being the Indian Museum at Kolkata, started in 1814. It is also one of the largest museums in South Asia. Quite rich in archaeological and numismatic collections, this museum has the largest collection of Roman antiquities outside Europe. Many of the buildings within the Museum campus are over 100 years old. (Source: Wikipedia)

Stone sculptures displayed outdoors at the
Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

Stone sculptures and fossil tree trunk displayed outdoors
at the Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

Architecture at the Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

The national Art gallery at
the Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

The national Art gallery at the Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

Attraction for Children at the Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

Cannon at the Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

Cannons at the Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar

I particularly liked the art section which has many original paintings by eminent artists like Raja Ravi Varma. The Bronze figures at the Archaeology section had many statues of interest, including the Nataraja bronzes. Thanks to the management who took time to give a talk to the students and took them on a guided tour to the different sections of the museum.

Natural conservation at the
Government Museum, Chennai
Photo by Seema Kumar