Some months ago, I had written there were several private museums in Madras but that most visitors knew nothing about them and that not many residents knew anything about them. A lack of publicity, even a listing, was responsible for this sad state of affairs. I’m now happy to record that I’ve found a useful publication on the subject that was brought out a couple of months ago by the Government Museum. Titled Directory of Museums, Galleries and Memorials in Tamil Nadu and compiled by Dr. V. Jeyaraj, a Curator at the Museum, it includes a comprehensive list of museums in the State.
In it, I caught up with the Ophthalmic Institute’s Elliot Museum,
several museums in Madras Medical College,
the High Court Museum,
the Indian Puppet Academy’s gallery,
the Kalakshetra Museum,
MCC’s Zoology Museum,
the Museum of Contemporary Art in the College of Arts and Crafts,
the Museum of Utensils and House Traditions in the Madras Institute of Hotel Management, Porur
the Police Training College Museum,
the Ramanujan Museum,
the St. Thomas Museum and several others better and less known.
This is a publication that’s available in the Museum’s bookstore, but it is one that should be made more easily available, particularly wherever those exploring the city buy their guidebooks. It has quite a wealth of information – and many of the places listed deserve more visitors than what they get.
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