Pondicherry Museum, Pondicherry


The Puducherry Museum is located on Saint Louis Street, which was a former law building. The museum is located in the former Law Building. The museum has a collection of rare bronzes and stone sculptures from the Pallava and Chola dynasties and artifacts excavated from Arikamedu. Here are a few important and must-know pieces of information-


Map



How to reach there


The Museum is located in Saint Louis Street and easily accessible via google maps. There are various means to reach the museum, a few of which are hiring scooty or car or via auto-rickshaw.


Visitor Duration


The Museum is spread in a small area of around 2 floors. To enjoy and learn from its premises, we would suggest you take 2 hours.

Specialty


Out of many attractions, the major attraction is the central space with 3 unique transport mechanisms - a coach, a palanquin (sedan chair) and a pousse-pousse (an earlier version of the rickshaw). Moving ahead, another major attraction is the bronze gallery which displays the images of gods and goddesses together with a wide collection of temple lamps used across different dynasties down the centuries.

The museum also has a Geology room, a shell and fossil room and a collection of handicrafts, coins, church relics, and French furniture. The best part is that the museum has separate sections for fossils and shells. Glass painting, contemporary and colonial prints are put into an exhibition in this museum. Burial urns, terracotta figures, crockery, guns, swords, paintings, mirrors and several other things dating back to different periods are preserved here.


Pros

  • Educational- The Museum has got a huge collection of archaeological findings from Arikamedu, which inspires people around the world.
  • Clean- The Museum is quite clean and attractive.

Cons

  • Not much big- The Museum is small and not much spacious.

Nirvana Travel Tips

  • Avoid going on weekends- To avoid the crowd of holiday-makers on weekends, we would advise people to visit this place on weekdays.

That's all for this post. If you would like to visit this destination one day and have any queries, feel free to jot them down in the comment section. If you have already visited this place and want to add some more useful information, comment down below and make traveling more awesome for others!

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