The Government Museum or Madras Museum is a museum of human history and culture located 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.

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.[2][3]

The museum was originally established in a building on College Road in Nungambakkam in the year
1851 and was shifted to the present site in 1854.

The museum complex consisting of six buildings and 46 galleries covers an area of around 16.25
acres (66,000 m²) of land. The objects displayed in the museum cover a variety of artifacts and
objects covering diverse fields including archeology, numismatics, zoology, natural history,
sculptures, palm-leaf manuscripts and Amravati paintings.