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Government Museum, Chennai
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Government_Museum,_Chennai
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:museum
gptkbp:address
gptkb:Pantheon_Road,_Egmore,_Chennai
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Madras_Museum
gptkbp:annualVisitors
over 600,000
gptkbp:architecturalStyle
gptkb:Indo-Saracenic
gptkbp:area
16.25 acres
gptkbp:buildingCompleted
1896
gptkbp:country
gptkb:India
gptkbp:director
Dr. D. Jagannathan (as of 2023)
gptkbp:established
1851
gptkbp:foundedBy
gptkb:Madras_Literary_Society
gptkbp:hasSection
gptkb:Bronze_Gallery
gptkb:Children's_Museum
gptkb:Botany_Section
gptkb:Zoology_Section
gptkb:National_Art_Gallery
gptkb:Amaravati_Gallery
gptkb:Anthropology_Section
gptkb:Archaeology_Section
gptkb:Connemara_Public_Library
gptkb:Numismatics_Section
Art Section
Contemporary Art Section
Geology Section
Prehistory Section
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Government Museum, Chennai
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Chennai
gptkbp:notableCollection
gptkb:art
anthropology
archaeology
botany
geology
numismatics
zoology
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Bronze_Gallery
gptkb:Children's_Museum
gptkb:National_Art_Gallery
gptkb:Amaravati_sculptures
gptkb:Connemara_Public_Library
largest collection of Roman antiquities outside Europe
gptkbp:numberOfFloors
6
gptkbp:numberOfRooms
46
gptkbp:openToPublic
yes
gptkbp:ownedBy
gptkb:Government_of_Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:publicTransit
gptkb:Egmore_railway_station
gptkbp:state
gptkb:Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:type
multidisciplinary museum
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list
yes
gptkbp:website
http://www.chennaimuseum.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4