Government Museum, Madurai

The Government Museum, Madurai is a multipurpose state museum located inside the Gandhi Memorial Museum campus at Tallakulam in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Maintained by the Department of Museums, Government of Tamil Nadu, it preserves regional heritage through galleries dedicated to archaeology, anthropology, numismatics, epigraphy, zoology and botany. Notable for its bronze images, stone sculptures, coins and inscriptions, the museum offers an educational overview of Tamil Nadu's natural and cultural history.

Visitors can expect a compact, educational museum complex within the Gandhi Memorial Museum campus. The museum has multiple galleries displaying stone sculptures, bronze images, ancient coins, copper plates, inscriptions, tribal artefacts, and natural history specimens including zoology and botany sections. Exhibits are arranged in halls with informational labels, allowing self-paced viewing in a quiet indoor setting surrounded by the landscaped Gandhi Museum grounds.

The Government Museum, Madurai is maintained by the Department of Museums, Government of Tamil Nadu. It was established to preserve and display the archaeological and natural heritage of the Madurai region, including artefacts from the Sangam and later periods, temple art, and epigraphical records that document the history of Tamil Nadu.

The museum showcases the cultural heritage of Tamil Nadu through its collections of temple bronzes, stone sculptures, folk and tribal artefacts, and historical coins and inscriptions, providing visitors with an overview of the region's artistic, religious and social traditions.