Chennai Government Museum

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chennai_Government_Museum
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Government_Museum,_Chennai
gptkb:Madras_Museum
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Indo-Saracenic
gptkbp:area 16.25 acres
gptkbp:city gptkb:Chennai
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:director gptkb:Dr._D._Jagannathan
gptkbp:established 1851
gptkbp:hasSection gptkb:Amaravathi_Gallery
gptkb:Bronze_Gallery
gptkb:Children's_Museum
gptkb:National_Art_Gallery
gptkb:Connemara_Public_Library
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chennai Government Museum
gptkbp:location gptkb:Egmore,_Chennai,_India
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:art
archaeology
botany
geology
numismatics
zoology
gptkbp:notableFor largest collection of Roman antiquities outside Europe
largest museum complex in India
oldest museum in India
second oldest museum in India
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Government_of_Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Egmore_Railway_Station
gptkbp:state gptkb:Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:type multidisciplinary museum
gptkbp:website http://www.chennaimuseum.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Amaravati_marbles
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6