Government Museum

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:address gptkb:Pantheon_Road,_Egmore,_Chennai,_Tamil_Nadu,_India
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Department_of_Museums,_Government_of_Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Madras_Museum
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 600,000
gptkbp:area 16.25 acres
gptkbp:buildingType Indo-Saracenic architecture
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:director gptkb:Dr._D._Jagannathan
gptkbp:established 1851
gptkbp:hasGallery gptkb:museum
gptkb:Anthropology_Gallery
gptkb:Botany_Gallery
gptkb:Geology_Gallery
gptkb:Numismatics_Gallery
gptkb:Prehistory_Gallery
gptkb:Zoology_Gallery
gptkb:Archaeology_Gallery
gptkb:Bronze_Gallery
gptkb:Children's_Museum
gptkb:Natural_History_Gallery
gptkbp:hasLibrary gptkb:Connemara_Public_Library
gptkbp:hasTheatre gptkb:National_Art_Gallery_Theatre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Government Museum
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chennai
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:art
archaeology
botany
geology
numismatics
zoology
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Amaravati_sculptures
largest collection of Roman antiquities outside Europe
extensive collection of South Indian bronzes
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Amaravati_marbles
gptkb:manuscript
gptkb:Chola_bronzes
Buddhist sculptures
Roman coins
Mughal paintings
Tanjore paintings
Pallava sculptures
Raja Ravi Varma paintings
Vijayanagara sculptures
bronze statue of Ardhanarishvara
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Government_of_Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Egmore_railway_station
gptkbp:type multidisciplinary museum
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list yes
gptkbp:website http://www.chennaimuseum.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chennai
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4