A visit to a museum is always interesting and educative as well, it makes us familiar with the history, culture, civilization, lifestyle, art and architecture of various cultures. A field trip was organized by our college and we the students of Graphic Design and Animation departments got an opportunity to visit the Government Museum and Contemporary art gallery in Chennai. It is a museum of human history and culture located in Egmore, started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum.

First we visited the arms gallery (Anthropology section), The entire hall is displayed with ancient weapons and armours like heavy sword, spears, daggers, body armour and also with the guns and cannon used by the East India Company and then we moved to an another hall which displays the seals, jewelry, pottery and the other tools from the Indus Valley civilization.

We then moved to the bronze and sculpture gallery (Archaeology section). Here we saw a collection of bronze figures ranging from the early centuries to the recent times.

Finally, we visited the Contemporary art gallery which displays portrait paintings of British Governors, modern sculptures, traditional and contemporary paintings, and also paintings by Raja Ravi Varma. This visit enriched our knowledge and learning. We had a wonderful experience visiting these places since it is indeed a storehouse of knowledge.