Government Museum, Perambalur

The Government Museum, Perambalur is a district museum located in Perambalur town, Tamil Nadu, within the District Collectorate complex. Established and maintained by the Department of Museums, Government of Tamil Nadu, it preserves the region's geological and archaeological heritage. Notable for its collection of Cretaceous marine fossils from the Ariyalur-Perambalur basin, along with stone sculptures, coins, prehistoric tools and tribal artifacts, it serves as an educational centre on the area's prehistoric and historic significance.

Visitors can expect a compact district museum with indoor exhibition galleries displaying fossil specimens, including Cretaceous marine fossils, ammonites and petrified wood from the Perambalur-Ariyalur region, as well as archaeological stone sculptures, inscriptions, coins, and ethnographic objects. The museum is housed in a government building within the Collectorate campus with labelled displays, information panels and a quiet educational environment suitable for brief sightseeing and learning.