India Seashell Museum
India Seashell Museum
India Seashell Museum
4.5
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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zunipic
Lagunitas, CA44 contributions
Jan 2024 • Solo
I loved it
The only part worth visiting but it is full of sea shells - many huge
Worth the time if you are not on a tour
Probably other sites there are fun for kids
The only part worth visiting but it is full of sea shells - many huge
Worth the time if you are not on a tour
Probably other sites there are fun for kids
Written 1 March 2024
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D.Parthiban
Chennai (Madras), India20 contributions
Dec 2023 • Family
Good place to view with children
My child very enjoyable in dinosaur museum many rare shells are see....
My child very enjoyable in dinosaur museum many rare shells are see....
Written 23 December 2023
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Kirsten A
Portland, OR25 contributions
Dec 2023 • Family
I wouldn’t recommend this place unless you really need to kill some time. While the shell collection is impressive, we learned nothing about how shells are formed, the life cycle, how they were collected, etc. it was just a display with names and locations. The other displays were depressing and sad, not well taken care of. The whole place both looked delapitated and under construction at the same time. The pictures online make it look much more impressive than it is. We were the only visitors among 20ish staff the day we visited. I wouldn’t go back.
Written 11 December 2023
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Ajith Setty
Bengaluru, India2,069 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
There are 5 museums located in the same building which are as below :
Minerals Museum
Shells Museum
Fish Museum
Pearls Museum
Dino Museum
Along with these there is shop for purchasing shells, pearls and some souvenirs and a game zone.
The entry tickets will cost 500/- if taken individually, but there is a combo which is offered at 300/-
Mobile photography - 100/-
It takes around 1.5-2hrs to see all the places of you are going in an easy pace.
We can lots and lots of varieties of shells, pearls, fish, etc etc.
Few famous ones are world's smallest pearls, pearls in different shapes, shells which look like food grains, colourful shells and the list goes on.
There is a small cafe offering some snacks.
Lots of places to click selfies.
Totally worth it visiting the place.
Minerals Museum
Shells Museum
Fish Museum
Pearls Museum
Dino Museum
Along with these there is shop for purchasing shells, pearls and some souvenirs and a game zone.
The entry tickets will cost 500/- if taken individually, but there is a combo which is offered at 300/-
Mobile photography - 100/-
It takes around 1.5-2hrs to see all the places of you are going in an easy pace.
We can lots and lots of varieties of shells, pearls, fish, etc etc.
Few famous ones are world's smallest pearls, pearls in different shapes, shells which look like food grains, colourful shells and the list goes on.
There is a small cafe offering some snacks.
Lots of places to click selfies.
Totally worth it visiting the place.
Written 19 October 2023
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Kate1953
37 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
Excellent seashell museum as well as a mineral display, which is well maintained. Incredible to see so many varieties of shells collected over the years and descriptions about all of them.. Very informative and interesting. Well worth the entrance fee,
Written 5 September 2023
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Matthew McConnell
Wroclaw, Poland12 contributions
Jun 2023 • Couples
This place was good value for money (600 rupees for a ticket for everything). But beware that they have a weird extra ticket to buy if you want to take photos and videos.
Some parts of the museum are super interesting and beautiful like the initial sea shell art gallery of sorts. Another highlight was the seashell museum itself as it is crazy to see so many variations of seashells in one place.
However, some other parts of the museum were not to the same standard. The dinosaur section was not really interesting or breath-taking. The sea-life section was especially disappointing as it wasn't organised and things weren't labelled correctly.
There was a shop as well - but we didn't buy anything there. Furthermore there is a fish foot massage where you can pay 100 rupees for 15 mins of - it was quite ticklish and fun to try out.
Some parts of the museum are super interesting and beautiful like the initial sea shell art gallery of sorts. Another highlight was the seashell museum itself as it is crazy to see so many variations of seashells in one place.
However, some other parts of the museum were not to the same standard. The dinosaur section was not really interesting or breath-taking. The sea-life section was especially disappointing as it wasn't organised and things weren't labelled correctly.
There was a shop as well - but we didn't buy anything there. Furthermore there is a fish foot massage where you can pay 100 rupees for 15 mins of - it was quite ticklish and fun to try out.
Written 29 July 2023
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Happiness18402930739
1 contribution
May 2023
Best place i visited more than 40000 types of seashells vide varieties of pears fishes minerals wowo wow wow Dino park VR AMAZING
ONE OF THE BEST WEEK END PLACE
clean restroom
Nice photo places.....
Just wow
ONE OF THE BEST WEEK END PLACE
clean restroom
Nice photo places.....
Just wow
Written 14 May 2023
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saurabha514
8 contributions
Mar 2023 • Family
Visited in day time our our to way to Pondicherry. Very nice and huge collection of shells. Good for museum lovers only..
Written 30 March 2023
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giri161083
4 contributions
Jan 2023 • Family
The place is superb with world class shell collections, nothing that I have seen in any of my international visits.
A wow feeling for anyone who experiences the shell palace
A wow feeling for anyone who experiences the shell palace
Written 21 January 2023
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Padmaja
1 contribution
Jan 2023
Speechless moments....Must visit place and heart felt wishes to the man who dedicated his entire life in gathering and learning sea shells.....vera levelllllll
Written 16 January 2023
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