Government Museum, Chennai

GPTKB entity

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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