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The Government Museum, Chennai is located at Pantheon Road, Egmore and it was founded by the Scotish Surgeon and environmentalist Dr Edward Balfour in 1851

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English: The Government Museum, Chennai was founded by Dr. Edward Balfour in 1851. Dr Balfour was an environmentalist and he was the cousin of Sir. A.O. Hume who founded the Indian National Congress in1885.
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Camera location13° 04′ 09.85″ N, 80° 15′ 26.34″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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.

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