A repository of prized antique items, the more than 100-year-old Pudukottai Government Museum is deemed the second largest in Tamil Nadu, next only to the Chennai Egmore Museum. Established by the Thondaiman rulers of the Pudukottai Samasthanam in 1910 at Thirugokarnam in Pudukottai town, the museum was handed over to the government consequent to the merger of the former Pudukottai princely state with the union in 1948.
Mini-palace
The museum is in need of speedy conservation. For more than two years now, visitors have been deprived of a wholesome experience as they could view only a section of exhibits at the main building because of the prolonged delay in the execution of the conservation work.
