Government Estate Heritage Precinct

The Government Estate Heritage Precinct is a historic colonial-era complex on Anna Salai in central Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Centered around the Pantheon Complex, it encompasses the Government Museum (established 1851), National Art Gallery, Connemara Public Library and Museum Theatre. Notable for Indo-Saracenic architecture and as Chennai's principal cultural and museum precinct, it preserves 19th-century public buildings within landscaped grounds near Egmore and Triplicane.

Visitors can expect a landscaped heritage campus with several red-brick Indo-Saracenic buildings housing museums and libraries. The precinct includes the Government Museum with archaeology, bronze and natural history galleries, the National Art Gallery, Connemara Public Library and the historic Museum Theatre. Visitors can walk between buildings, view exterior architecture, visit museum interiors, and explore exhibition halls and grounds.