Government Museum Chennai (Madras)

Pantheon Road Chennai (Madras) , Tamil Nadu, India

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  • 1

    The school picnic, and more

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    ... free, it wasn’t a problem for me being staff at the other places (they just did extra security checked on me) however the government museum had a big problem with me not paying extra. Usually for an Indian to get in it costs 50 rupees, if you are ...

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    Chennai

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    ... for a half day tour of the city. The tour took us through a number of sites, including the museum at Fort St. George, the government museum, the snake park (part of the children's park), a memorial to a poet in the form of a very large monolithic ...

  • 3

    My lazy weekend

    ... a very lazy weekend for me. Aunty Johshy has ordered it upon me, although I was hoping to visit St. Thomas' mount, maybe the government museum and perhaps other places. However I agreed with her due to the fact to come Monday, I will be very busy with ...

  • 4

    A Day Out In Chennai

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    ... were more interesting for their old world architecture than for the contents.   After that, we headed straight to the Government Museum to see the Chola bronzes.  This was something we had always wanted to see.   Fortunately ...

  • 5

    The last chapter of our Indian adventure

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    ... fort – spread far and wide across the city.  We opted for the lonely planets recommendation of visiting the Government museum – and although housed in a lovely collection of buildings the actual exhibits left a bit to be desired! ...

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    See the top tennis stars at the Chennai Open !

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    ... nice hotel in Chennai. The next day we went to see amazing rock and bronze sculptures from early periods (900-1500) at the government museum. The same method used to make the bronze statues is now used by Nasa to make very accurate moulds.After ...

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    Can it get any hotter?

    ... ! Chennai is sweltering hot, so we spent most of this morning dashing from one AC room to another at the Government Museum. The Museum was like something you would imagine in Victorian England, the Zoology section was the best- with a motley ...

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    More Chennai pleasures

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    ... full days in Chennai brought us more pleasures. On the first day we do a five-hour city tour to the Government Museum that includes the National Art Gallery. It has some interesting Hindu and Buddhist statues, as well as ...

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    Gutted to be leaving Incredible India!

    ... out admin, bags, diary and the internet, desperately trying to update my journal!!  I’d worked it so that I visited the Government Museum on the third day, to break up the internet work, so I was heading toward the area by 8.30am the next ...