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The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a museum of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of Egmore in 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 European and Asian painting of renowned artists, including that of Raja Ravi Varma. It had 0.6 million visitors in 2018. It has the richest collections of bronze idols, 500 of them dating to 1000 BCE, i

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  • Government Museum (Chennai) (de)
  • Government Museum, Chennai (en)
  • Gobernuaren Museoa (Chennai) (eu)
  • Musée gouvernemental de Madras (fr)
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  • Das Government Museum in der südindischen Millionenstadt Chennai (ehemals Madras) gehört – neben dem Nationalmuseum Neu-Delhi und dem Indian Museum in Kolkata (ehemals Kalkutta) – zu den führenden Museen des Landes. (de)
  • Gobernuaren Museoa (ingelesez Government Museum, lehen Madrasko Museoa, hiriaren aurreko izenagatik ezaguna) Indiako hegoaldeko Chennai hirian dago eta Indiako museo nagusietako bat da, eta Kalkutako Indiako Museoarekin batera. (eu)
  • Le musée gouvernemental de Madras (Tamoul : அரசு அருங்காட்சியகம், சென்னை (Arachu Arunkatchiyakam, Chennai), anglais : Government Museum, Chennai) est le second plus ancien musée d'Inde, après l'Indian Museum de Calcutta. Il est situé dans la ville de Madras, au Tamil Nadu, plus précisément sur le Pantheon Road à . (fr)
  • The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a museum of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of Egmore in 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 European and Asian painting of renowned artists, including that of Raja Ravi Varma. It had 0.6 million visitors in 2018. It has the richest collections of bronze idols, 500 of them dating to 1000 BCE, i (en)
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  • Government Museum, Chennai (en)
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