Government Museum - Ooty, Tamil Nadu

The government museum, Mysore Road, Ooty has items of tribal objects, district's ecological details and representative sculptural arts and crafts of Tamil Nadu. It was set up in 1989, with a view to provide education benefits to the residing and visiting population of Nilgiris district. Tourist Information Admission Free Timings 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Closed on Fridays, Second Saturdays and National Holidays Ooty The nearest airport is at Coimbatore (100 Km). Ooty on the narrow gauge railway is connected to Mettupalayam, which is directly connected to Coimbatore and Chennai on the broad gauge. There are regular bus services connecting Ooty to Coimbatore, Trichy, Bangalore, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Mysore, Calicut, Tirupathi etc.

The Government Museum, on Mysore Road, has an interesting collection of tribal artifacts, flora and fauna of the Nilgiris and handicrafts of Tamil Nadu.

It exhibits various tribal objects, representative sculptural arts and crafts of Tamil Nadu and the ecological details of the Nilgiri district.