Top rated Museums in Chennai, India to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Museums in Chennai

Experience the best that Chennai has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 25 places from Museum category.

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Tamil Nadu Police Museum Chennai

Museum

👍👍 Very passionately curated theme museum. Kind staff starting from ticket counter to assisting personals inside the museum.Wonderful and rare exhibits with brief information boards making the experience more interesting. The heritage building is maintained with the same old rustic look. Entry fee is...

4.70 (739 reviews)

MGR Memorial House

Memorial estate

👍👍 The great hero M G Ramachandran After he died also he is living in millions of hearts And this museum , memorial home for him All his collection and his used vehicles are arranged A lovely collection of him Maintained well Entrance is free And his stataue is sculpted before his memorial home His car...

4.60 (1.1K reviews)

Rail museum toy train station

Museum

👍👍 Kids will have a lot of fun here

4.60 (149 reviews)

The Museum of Possibilities

Museum

👍👍 This MOP, The Museum of Possibilities has been a great place for People with Disabilities to get all kinds of informations related to Disability. Also it has a Cafe with it, for people to enjoy & spend time. Soon there will be a Inclusive Wheelchair Accessible Pathway opp to it in Marina Beach.

4.60 (110 reviews)

Thiruvalluvar Statue Mylapore

Museum

👍👍 I was in chennai for shorter time so Mahabalipuram was one of best place to explore at short distance with superb road.sunrise is superb to see here and also architecture is superb. Ruins of a temple, monoliths, rathas(chariots) and many pieces of art chiselled exquisitely out of rocks. Very peacefu...

4.60 (109 reviews)

Robert Kennedy's Clock Museum

Museum

👍👍 Wonderful Clock Museum One of the most iconic private museum in India, it is having huge collection of clock and many classic antique items, When you enter the museum antique clocks are everywhere so you cannot see any wall. Age of the Clocks starts from 300 years to till date. When you going d...

4.60 (48 reviews)

Chennai Lighthouse

Tourist attraction

Concrete lighthouse opened in 1977, standing at 46m & with a viewing gallery open to the public.

4.50 (18K reviews)

Vivekananda House

Museum

Former ice store where Swami Vivekananda stayed in 1897, now a permanent exhibition on his life.

4.50 (8.5K reviews)

Kamarajar Memorial House

Museum

👍👍 When you stand in front of his room you can feel the loss.. The house is maintained well and we can see things like pen bed chair table he used and also the presents given to him by the leaders of other Nations and many persons.. He is a great example for simplicity.. Everyone should go there to kno...

4.50 (403 reviews)

Dr.Ambedkar Memorial

Museum

👍 Good place to spend time or to relax. No Entry Fee. Statues of - Dr. B. Ambedkar and Buddha. Beautiful Architecture, colors and Dome design etc.

4.50 (373 reviews)

AVM Heritage Museum

Museum

🫤 First of all the Entry cost is too high. Rs.200 and Rs.100 for Adult and Kids... Moreover, It is not a typical museum kind of place. There is no Fan or AC in that Hall. Giant like AVM Company should not collect this much amount from the public for this presentation.

4.50 (96 reviews)

DakshinaChitra Museum - City Office

Museum

😠 The location pinned with photos give wrong information. This location is for Musuem office. The actual museum location is a different location .Do not get misguided by the pictures posted for this location. The office authority should mention clearly about the address of the museum and the office. W...

4.50 (69 reviews)

Philatelic Bureau

Museum

👍👍 Hidden among the big corporate houses and showrooms is this old gem. The philatelic bureau was previously The Electric Theatre, one of Chennai's earliest movie theater. India Post bought it around the 50s. They have stamps and postcards on display. Hidden gem. Would be wonderful to have better maint...

4.50 (62 reviews)

Mahatma Gandhi Museum , Mahatma Gandhi Library

Museum

👍👍 Excellent

4.50 (34 reviews)

Periyar Thidal

Museum

👍 The great tamilnadu leader Thanthai periyar rest here. This place has large library too with lot of books collection in the AC facility hall. The newsletter and magazine reading hall also available there to anyone with all important magazines. The marriage hall also available here to public for gran...

4.40 (68 reviews)

Perarignar Anna Museum

Museum

👍👍 Perarignar Anna was born on 15th September 1909 to Natarajar – Bangaru Ammal in Kancheepuram. He was fostered by his foster mother Rajamani Ammal. His wife is Rani Ammaiyar. He was born in a family with a simple background. He was a good student, Eloquent Orator, Best Writer, Editor, Honest Leader,...

4.40 (58 reviews)

Periyar Memorial

Memorial

😠 This information in board is wrong and need to be removed. Self respect wedding is done here only between Hindus and not between different religions which is a complete disappointment. Special marriage act exists and it's legal, but only reason why they doesn't conduct here is due to political and...

4.40 (58 reviews)

Government Museum Chennai

Art museum

State collections including Indian art & sculpture, bronzes, anthropology & a children's section.

4.30 (16K reviews)

Fort St.George Museum

Museum

The first British fortress built in India, established in 1644, with a museum & 17th-century church.

4.30 (4.8K reviews)

Ramanujan Museum & Math Education Centre

Museum

Museum focusing on Srinivasa Ramanujan, a well-known Indian mathematician during the British Raj.

4.30 (157 reviews)

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