GOVERNMENT MUSEUM OOTY
Ooty has so much to flaunt, from scenic beauty to myriad of activity it offers; museums of Ooty are yet another way to exhibit what makes this town so enchanting.The Government Museum, Mysore Road, Udhagamandalam, has items of tribal objects, districts ecological details and representative sculptural arts and crafts of Tamil Nadu.
It was set up in 1989, with a view to providing education benefits to the residing and visiting population of the Nilgiris district. The admission to this museum is free. The timings are 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm. It is closed on Fridays, Second Saturdays and National Holidays. The nearest airport is at Coimbatore (100-km).
Udhagamandalam Government Museum has an interesting selection of objects covering an assortment of subjects – from art and sculpture to archaeology and anthropology to botany, zoology, geology and numismatics and philately. You can see many contemporary paintings and sculptures here. And you can learn about the Todas, the local tribe that resides in the region.
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