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MUSEUMS IN SOUTH INDIA TOURISM

If you appreciate artifacts, antiques and objects with scientific, cultural, artistic or historical importance, there are many museums in South India which exhibit such objects. Museums help to collect, preserve and interpret such items with cultural values. A visit to a museum will take you for a walk down history. Here’s a list of museums in South India.

Daria Daulat Bagh and Museum

Daria Daulat was once the summer residence of Tipu Sultan. The museum exhibits things related to Tipu Sultan. There are many oil paintings, pencil sketches, engravings, coins, medals, costumes, furniture, arms and ammunitions. Sir Robert Ker Porter’s oil painting ‘The storming of Seringapatam’ is also on display.
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Archaeological Museum

The museum, founded in 1979, has four galleries of which two are open air. Pre-historical sculptures and stone equipments are the main attractions of the museum.
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Bay Island Driftwood Museum

Bay Island Driftwood Museum is located at the scenic village of Kumarakom and displays a unique collection of superior quality driftwood sculptures of very high artistic value, prepared through a rare and innovative modern art form. It has a huge collection of root sculptures of various shapes and designs. During…
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Dakshina Chitra

Dakshina Chitra in Chennai is an overwhelming place to visit. The name itself means the “Picture of South”. Built on ten acres of land, Dakshina Chitra is a heritage museum illustrating the picture of south India. It was established by Madras craft foundation in 1996 to flourish the art-forms of…
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Kannan Devan Tea Museum

The Kanan Devan tea museum is the only tea plantation accessible to tourists in Kerala. With seven extensive tea gardens covering an area of 24000 Hectares, 16 tea manufacturing units with an annual production of 22 Million Kilograms of tea and close to 12,000 employees, Kanan Devan Hill Plantations is…
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Gandhi Museum

The historic Tamukkam Palace, which belonged to Rani Mangammal of Nayak Dynasty, houses Gandhi Museum. The museum showcases the freedom struggle and its galleries include ‘Visual Biography of Mahatma Gandhi’, ‘India Fights for Freedom’ and ‘Relics and Replicas’. It also includes the Mahatma Gandhi’s bloodstained dhoti, which he was wearing…
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Gandhi Museum

The museum has Gandhi's bloodstained dhoti, extensive text on freedom struggle of India. The Khadi Bhavan has stalls selling village and handloom products and a bookstore which stocks books on spiritual and natural health. Included among the exhibits is the blood-stained dhoti which the Mahatma was wearing at the time…
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Zoological Gardens & Museums

The Zoological Gardens and museum is considered to be one of the oldest zoos in India. One can see almost a variety of 75 different species of animals. The very popular animals are the Nilgiri Tahr, Cape buffalo, Indian Rhino, Asiatic Lion; zebra are the common ones to be seen…
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Government Museum Kanyakumari

The museum has a wide array of objects which hold great historical importance like old coins, bronze sculptures, woodcarvings and tribal objects.
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House of Kalam

As the name suggests, House of Kalam is the childhood home of India's beloved former president, late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Not many know that late Dr Kalam was born and raised till his teenage years in the temple town of Rameswaram. The House of Kalam was established as museum in…
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Railway Museum in Mysore

A must-see for tourists, this museum is located near the railway station. It is a testimony to the stylish way in which the royals rode the railways in the past.
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RKK Memorial Museum

Located near the Power House Bridge, the museum is a memorial to industrialist-turned-philanthropist Revi Karuna Karan. Has an impressive collection of Swarovski crystals and porcelains including Lladro and Armani. The museum has an exhibition of nearly 10,000 sq. ft. and displays a variety of objects of high artistic excellence and…
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Napier Museum

Established in 1855, the museum was named after Governor of Madras, Lord Napier. The museum was built in gothic style of architecture by Robert Chisholm and it displays rare archeological and historical artifacts such as bronze idols, ceramics, an impressive carved wooden cart, Buddhist statues from various parts of the…
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