Pondicherry Museum, Puducherry, Pondicherry India

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. Pondicherry Museum is another landmark that must not be missed once at Pondicherry. Inside the museum there is a gallery which houses sculptures and several important archaelogical findings from the Arikamedu Roman Settlement. The museum is a storehouse of rare artifacts from times immemorial. The collection displayed here includes several rare sculptures in bronze and stone from the Chola and Pallava dynasties.

There is also a very good collection of snail shells brought from the Pondicherry region. Bronze sculptures of god and goddess, a wide gathering of temple lamps, handicrafts and art are also here. Some specimens of Chola and Pallava art from Pondicherry and Karaikal are dispalyed in the sculpture gallery.