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Egmore Museum
Pantheon Road, Egmore, Next ashoka Hotel, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600008 Phone: 044 2819 3238 www.chennaimuseum.orgAbout
Egmore Museum , established in 1851, is located in Egmore , Chennai . Known as the Madras Museum , the museum is the second oldest museum in India , the first being the Indian Museum at Kolkata , started in 1814. It is also one of the largest museums in South Asia . It is particularly rich in archaeological and numismatic collections. It has the largest collection of Roman antiquities outside Europe . Many of the buildings within the Museum campus are over 100 years old. 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 works of artists like Raja Ravi Varma .
