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Government Museum, Chennai

museum of human history and culture in India
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Summary

Government Museum, Chennai is a museum[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Government Museum, Chennai is located in Tamil Nadu[3].
  • Government Museum, Chennai is in the country of India[4].
  • Government Museum, Chennai's instance of is recorded as museum[5].
  • The location of Government Museum, Chennai was Egmore[6].
  • Government Museum, Chennai's Commons category is recorded as Government Museum, Chennai[7].
  • January 1, 1851 marks the founding of Government Museum, Chennai[8].
  • Government Museum, Chennai's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13.07065, 'lon': 80.257289}[9].
  • Government Museum, Chennai's official website is recorded as http://www.chennaimuseum.org/[10].
  • Government Museum, Chennai's Commons Institution page is recorded as Government Museum, Chennai[11].

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Founding

January 1, 1851 marks the founding of Government Museum, Chennai[8].

Why It Matters

Government Museum, Chennai ranks in the top 2% of museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Official website → http://www.chennaimuseum.org/
    Sitelink count → 11
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57392|batch #57392]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
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