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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 23 attractions in Chennai (Madras)
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This majestic complex comprises six buildings and nearly fifty galleries; the impressive works cross every era and branch of science and art, from...... more » This majestic complex comprises six buildings and nearly fifty galleries; the impressive works cross every era and branch of science and art, from zoology and anthropology to puppetry, painting and fibre optic sculpture. « less
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Attraction type: Museum, History museum
Address: Pantheon Road Chennai (Madras)
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5 of 5 stars
hoerni
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24 Mar 2008

This museum is a wonderful place,as a walk to see the buildings from outside without noise and traffic make you feel better and inside the museum it is super,as you can the the rest of Amaravi stupa,bronze idols, and the information is really good. Make a guided tour,as these guides are knowing of what they are talking. And take a... more

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Pantheon Road, Chennai (Madras), India