Fort Museum - Fort St. George, Chennai

Hi Everyone...I am back to Chennai. I will cover a few more tourist sites in Chennai before moving to some other city...Let me start with the Museum located inside Fort St. George.

Fort St. George's construction in 1639 AD in Chennai was one of the landmarks in the history of the East India Company. Fort Museum is one of the oldest buildings currently present within the premises of Fort St. George. It was completed in the year of 1795 AD. The building was made as a museum and kept open to the public in 1948 AD.

Queen Victoria Painting

Fort Museum is the city's second most popular museum after Egmore Museum. The museum has three floors full of antiques. 

The visitors are greeted by the marble statue of Lord Cornwallis, which has historical significance. Various arms such as daggers, guns, swords, revolvers, canons, and even fragments of shells are found. One particular gallery has full of porcelain materials used by the British people. A small cage is displayed in a gallery. The Chinese arrested a defeated British soldier and kept him in this small cage for many days. Really unbelievable!

The small cage where the British soldier was kept captive by the Chinese

We can also find fragments of the bomb that fell in Chennai during World Wars. There is a statue of Willington. A good collection of coins and stamps of the British period are also found in this museum. The highlights are the various paintings and portraits of British rulers such as George III and Robert Clive. The most attractive picture is that of Queen Victoria. It is too lively.

The bomb that fell in Madras

You can get an idea about the old Madras (currently named Chennai), especially Fort St. George and its surrounding, by looking at some of the paintings in this museum. 

Fort Museum is a place which you must definitely visit in Chennai city. Don't miss this.

Happy travelling.

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