Government Museum or Madras
Museum is a museum of human history and culture located in the neighbourhood
of Egmorein Chennai, India. Started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum in India after the Indian
Museum in Kolkata. It is particularly rich in archaeological and
numismatic collections. It has the largest collection of Roman antiquities outside Europe. Among them, the colossal Museum Theatre is one of the
most impressive, The
National Art Gallery is also present in the museum premises. Built in Indo-Saracenic style, it houses rare works of artists like Raja Ravi Varma
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