Napier Museum
Art museum, archaeology museum in Kerala, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Napier Museum is an art and natural history museum situated in Thiruvananthapuram, India.[1]
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Established | 1855 (1855) |
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Location | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Coordinates | 8°30′31″N 76°57′18″E |
Type | Art museum, Archaeology museum |
Founder | Marthanda Varma II |
Website | www |
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The Museum is grounds to the Trivandrum Zoo, one of the oldest zoological gardens in India. The zoo was established in 1857 over 55 acres (220,000 m2) of land.[2] It also contains the Sree Chitra Art Gallery, a separate art gallery established in 1935.
The set of museums, along with the zoo, are managed by the Department of Museums and Zoos, a branch of the Department of Cultural Affairs of Kerala.