Museum

Situated in Rue Saint Louis the museum has various collections of coins, bronze, paintings, handicraft , Armour and sculptures. A chamber decorated with typical French style has dining room, bedroom, and office rooms, and full of antique porcelain furniture of French India. The cot used by Dupleix, a nineteenth century coach ,a pousee pouse adds pride to the museum. Other objects displayed are different types of pottery shred, Chinese olden ware from the tsung period beads made of glass and semi precious stones prehistoric burial urns found near Muthirappalayam and so on. In the Armour section different types of weapons like spears, swords, pistols, guns, cannons, cannon balls etc., are seen. The bronze gallery consists of bronze image of Thiripurantaka, images of Nataraja, Uma and Umaramabeswara and the Amman found at Lingthumedu near Thiruvandar Koil are placed here. Various paintings, handicrafts and specimens of different types of soils and minerals fossils are displayed. The copies of Subramania Bharathi's Vijiaya one of the first publication in Tamil to support the nation's freedom struggle and the 160 year old printing press makes this treasure house one of the best in South India.