Government Museum at Chennai
Government Museum at Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1851. The type of the museum is that of multipurpose. Objects that have been displayed in the museum include archaeological and anthropological elements. Other than this there are also a variety of numismatics, zoological, Amaravati sculptures, western and modern paintings, palm leaf manuscripts, natural history, botanical, textiles and geological objects. In addition to these objects, there are also bronze images and objects of children`s interest.

Government Museum at Coimbatore
Government Museum at Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu was founded in the year 1990. It is located in the Mettapalayam road.

Being a multipurpose museum it is a storehouse of objects of art, archaeology, anthropology, numismatics, botany, zoology and geology.

Government Museum at Cuddalore
Government Museum at Cuddalore in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1989. The museum is used to store a variety of objects of the ancient past. The museum exhibits objects of art, archaeology, anthropology, numismatics, philately, botany, zoology and geology.

Government Museum at Erode
Government Museum at Erode in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1987. It is a multipurpose museum located exactly in the Municipal Campus, Brough Road.

Government Museum at Kanyakumari
Government Museum at Kanyakumari in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1991. It is exactly located in the Gandhi Memorial Road. This museum was built as a multipurpose museum.

The objects that have been displayed in the museum include objects of art, anthropology, archaeology, numismatics, philately, botany, zoology and geology. People who are interested to visit the museum may come between 9:30am to 5pm except on Fridays, second Saturdays and National holidays.

Government Museum at Krishnagiri
Government Museum at Krishnagiri in the state of Tamil Nadu is a multipurpose museum founded in the year 1993. It is exactly located in the Gandhi Road.

This multipurpose museum has in its core the objects of art, archaeology, anthropology, numismatics, philately, botany, zoology and geology.

Government Museum at Madurai
Government Museum at Madurai in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1980 as a multipurpose museum.

Government Museum at Pudukkottai
Government Museum at Pudukkottai in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1910. It is a multipurpose museum.

The objects that are exhibited in the museum include geology, zoology, anthropology, economic, botany, epigraphy, painting, numismatics, sculptures, bronzes and objects of arts and industries.

Government Museum at Salem
Government Museum at Salem in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1979. It is a multipurpose museum.

The types of objects that are displayed in the museum are anthropological, archaeological, numismatics, zoological, botanical, and geological and objects of children`s interest.

People who are curious to visit the museum may come between 9:30am to 5pm except on Fridays, second Saturdays and on other National Holidays.

Government Museum, Sivaganga
Government Museum at Sivaganga in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1998. It is a multipurpose museum.

The objects that have been displayed in the museum include art, archaeology, anthropology, numismatics, botany, zoology and geology.

Government Museum at Tiruchirapalli
Government Museum at Tiruchirapalli in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1982. It is a multipurpose museum.

The objects that have been exhibited in the museum include archaeological, anthropological, numismatics, zoological, botanical, geological, biological display objects, arts & crafts, natural history objects, philately and objects of children`s interest.

Government Museum at Tirunelveli
Government Museum at Tirunelveli in the state of Tamil Nadu was established in the year 1992. It is a multipurpose museum exactly located on the Trivandrum High Road.

Government Museum at Tiruvayur
Tamil Nadu, since the prehistoric times has in its store to give a lot to the present humans. In Tiruvayur, the Government of India has built a museum named Government Museum in order to store objects of art, archaeology, anthropology, etc.

Established in the year 1998, the Government Museum at Tiruvayur is a show house of ancient historical objects of India. It exhibits objects like art, archaeology, anthropology, numismatics, botany, zoology and geology.

Government Museum at Udhagamandalam
Nestled in the city of Udhagamandalam in Tamil Nadu, the Government Museum, Udhagamandalam was established in the year 1989 in order to store the ancient objects of Indian history.

Government Museum at Vellore
With the oldest historical tradition in the core, Tamil Nadu is famous for its cultural, and archaeological heritage. Located at Vellore, the Government Museum was established in the year 1985.

Government Museum
Madras Literary Society debated the proposal for a museum in Madras in 1846 AD and Sir Henry Pottinger, the then Governor, obtained the approval of the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London. Government Museum, Chennai is a multi-purpose State Government Museum, which is the heart of the city, spreading to an area of 16.25 acres of land. Six independent buildings in this Museum campus have 46 galleries. In January 1851 AD, Dr. Edward Balfour, Medical Officer of the Governor`s Body guard was appointed as the First Officer in charge of the Government Museum. The notice in the Fort St. George Gazetteer dated 29th April 1851 AD contained the first announcement regarding the opening of the Madras Government Museum. The Government Museum otherwise called as the Central Museum was started in the College of Fort St. George, in the premises of the present office of the Director of Public Instruction, on College Road. The Museum was started in the first floor of the college with the 1100 geological specimens of the Madras Literary Society. It gradually developed and expanded under the guidance and administration of a series of directors. As the building was in a decaying condition the Museum`s Superintendent Dr. Balfour advocated shifting it to another building. In December 1854 AD, it was shifted to a building named the Pantheon, also known as the Public Rooms or Assembly Rooms, where the influential people of the city met.