Museum in Pondicherry

The Pondicherry museums are the repository of the art and culture of the region of Pondicherry. Some of the museums of Pondicherry are situated in the old and ancestral home of the famous people of the region. The museums are informative and entertaining at the same time.

The Puducherry Museum has a rare collection of articles that were excavated from the Arikamedu site near the region of Pondicherry. The relics reveal the prevalence of trade in the region of Pondicherry with the Roman empire in the early centuries and even during the prechristian age. The museum also has a display of the various means of transport used in the early period of the colonial rule in Pondicherry.

The Ananda Ranga Pillai Museum is a storehouse of the rare compilation of diaries by the dubash of the French Governor Dupleix, Ananda Ranga Pillai. The building in which the dubash resided has now been converted into the premises of the museum.

Two other museums preserve the literature of the region of Pondicherry. The Bharathi Memorial Museum and the Bharathidasan Museum were the residence of the popular literary artists of the region that has now been converted into the museum.

Two other museums are devoted for the entertainment of the children of the region. The Jawahar Toy Museum displays dolls that represent the different states of the country and the Children’s Museum preserve snail shells that are collected in the beaches of Pondicherry.

The Pondicherry museums are informative and reveal the rich and ancient culture and heritage of the territory of Pondicherry.