13 Museums to Explore in Tamil Nadu

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Tamil Nadu

Home to historic buildings, multi pilgrimage sites, hill stations, cultural arts, and three world heritage sites.

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Museums to Explore in Tamil Nadu

Anna Park

This is a place to rejuvenate your mind. There are so many things to see, to study and all.

APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial, Rameswaram

This is a memorial for the former president of India DR APJ Abdul Kalam. This is the hometown of Kalam and place where he was buried.

Chennai Rail Museum

The Chennai Rail Museum is a railway museum in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The museum opened on 16 April 2002 on the premises of the Furnishing Division of the Integral Coach Factory near Villivakkam.

Fossil Park Museum

This is a National geological Heritage monument in India of petrified woods within Sathanur which was discovered in 1940 by the geologist M. S. Krishnan of the Geological Survey of India, who hailed from Tanjore.

Gandhi Memorial Museum

This is a memorial for Gandhiji established in 1959. it is one of the five Gandhi Sangrahalayas in India. It includes a part of the blood-stained garment worn by Gandhi, when he was assassinated.

GD Naidu Museum

G. D. Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu) was an engineer who is referred to as the "Edison of India". He is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India. The museum contains unique cars that are collected by G. D Naidu.

Government Museum Chennai

One of the most famous sightseeing spots in Chennai. there is a huge collection of artifacts and so many objects relating geology, archaeology, zoology, anthropology, etc.

Government Museum, Pudukkottai

Home to some incredible and rare collections of artifacts and relics related zoology, paintings, geology, epigraphy, anthropology, and more.

Mahakavi Bharathiar Memorial Museum Cum Research Centre

Bharathiar Memorial Museum cum Research Centre located at Puducherry was established commemorating the renowned Tamil poet and freedom fighter Subramanya Bharathiyar, popularly entitled the sobriquet "Mahakavi", literally the supreme poet. The museum was established in the very abode of Bharathiyar, where the poet took refuge from the ruling British Raj, from 1908 to 1918, when Puducherry (erstwhile Pondicherry) was governed by the French regime.

Padmanabhapuram Palace

The 16th century palace standing as a finest example of traditional Kerala Architecture and was once the residence of the erstwhile Travancore Royal Family

The Tea Factory & The Tea Museum

A museum which takes u to the evolution of tea and about the verities of the tea leaves.

Thirumalai Nayakkar Palace

This palace was erected in 1626 AD in the city of Madurai, by king Thirumalai Nayak. The palace depicts the perfect blend of Dravidian and Rajput styles. After Independence, this palace was declared as a national monument and till date continues to be one of the spectacular monuments of Southern India.

Thiruvakkarai Fossil Wood Park-Geoheritage site

This is a notified national Geo -heritage monument maintained by the Geological Survey of India. The park contains petrified fossil woods approximately 20 million years old.

Map of Museums to explore in Tamil Nadu