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The Pondicherry Museum

The Pondicherry Museum at Pondicherry is a multipurpose museum built in the year 1983. The exact location of the museum is Rue Romain Rolland.

The objects that have been displayed in the museum include ware, roulletted ware, amphora, inscribed potteries, shell cutleries, crockeries, mirrors, lamps, terracotta figurines, shred of Arretine Pondicherry/Kirmampakkam, French Period furniture, porcelain paintings, temple sculptures of Pallava, Chola and Vijayanagar Period and Buddha.

In addition to these, there are also bangles, semiprecious stones and beads, burial urns, ring wells, rock and minerals of Pondicherry and several other states of India, bronzes of Chola, Vijayanagar and Nayak Period, Pooja articles, guns, swords, spears, portraits, bronzes, woodcarvings, batic and kalamkari.

The Pondicherry Museum Other than these, there are all types of paintings-Tanjore, books published in Pondicherry, images of papier machie wood, cloth, lances, cannons, cannon balls, an old printing press of 1820 and old journals.

People visiting Pondicherry are sure to visit the museum with such a huge collection of the objects of past and present.

The museum remains open from 10am to 5pm except Mondays and public holidays.

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