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Public Library at Chennai is one of the four National Depository
libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals
published in India. Established in 1890 the library is a repository
of centuries-old publications, wherein lie some of the most respected
works and collections in the country. It also serves as a depository
library for the UN.
Established in 1857, the Chennai Museum is undoubtedly one of the
country's best museums located at Egmore. It has sections devoted
to Geology, Archeology, Anthropology, Numismatics, Botany, Zoology
and Sculpture besides which there is good collection of arms &
armour as well as several other specimens of Anthropological interest.
The museum's prized possessions however, are the relics from the
2nd century A.D Buddhist site at Amravathi & Pre-Historic exhibits
from the stone & iron ages. the bronze gallery with its ancient
icons & modern bronzes is perhaps the best found anywhere in
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