This is a really iconic museum. I learned a lot after coming here. There are all kinds of antiques and art works. There are many skeletons of different animals and human beings. There are actual bodies of animals. This place is stunning. You must visit this beautiful place.

The place where it is situated is very good, you can see lot of peacock and peahens roaming in the campus, it was amazing to see them roaming. Lot of greenery around.Looked like a mini forest.The museum is situated almost in middle of forest. The entrance gate is right opposite to public library.Children would love to go around this museum. They have preserved lot of animals there.First floor is totally filled with timber pieces and few miniature dams and bridges.

A very useful visit.Educative.Innovative.Refreshing.Good effort.Gives a sense of being with realistic animals.To have a pleasant and relaxing time, a must go!

Spectacular collection of insects, animals and sea species. Maintenance and upkeep is very good. Fun based learning for kids. Ample parking space. Must see!

Nice place to take the kids and show them. Neatly displayed and explained about animals, birds, insects, reptiles, skeletons, nuts and plants, oils, stones, plant gums, woods, weapons, house & bridge models and so on. Maintained by central government forest department.Google map shows wrong direction. It is 3rd left in Cowley brown road (coming from Lawley road).Timings: 9 to 1 pm and 2 to 5 pmFor children under 5 - no chargesFor children above 5 years - rs.20/-Adults - rs.40/-

Fine museum for kids and toddler and adults. Animals insects and much more enterance children 20 and adults 40.carparking available rest room available. IFS office area and academy for agricultures and Forest study.... definitely people likes....once they visit this museum. I recommended it

This is old and very well maintained.. must visit to everyone who visiting the city.. will be very informative for childrens and even for all age people..Keep at least 2 hrs for total round.. lunch break is 1-2pm but they did allow us entry around this time.. we were there from 12.45 to 2pm..

One of the best forest museum in tamilnadu. Founded by glass in 1902.parking was good. Construction of building was attractive.

Museum campus is very unclean and we can see lot of empty liquor bottles. They have huge amount of animal skeletons, old wood samples, tribal arnamants and rare weapons. Thats great and very rare collections. But the guides/staffs need to get at least minimum knowledge about these collections.They are collecting Rs 40 for adult and 20 for above age 5. But it seems not worth. We need go and call the staff and ask about every boxes. They are not ready to explain anything.If you have knowledge about zoolaogy, then its great place for you.I have shared some surrounding area of the museum. They need to improve in all.

This Museum is situated near government college of technology Coimbatore.The exhibits for well maintained and of high standard. Do visit this Museum at least once for sure if you are a Biology student. It is interesting for the kids also.

Nice to see 👍 beautiful atmosphere, cordial welcome, neat, maintained very well. Everyone must visit an important well preserved forest museum.

Knowledge treasure. You need to have a little wide variety general knowledge of zoology, Botany, Geography, Taxonomy to appreciate and explain. All the exhibits are painstakingly purveyored and kept for display. Its better to visit on morning since its possible to spend more time.

A tiny well maintained museum. Collections of stuffed birds, animals, insects and olden days craftsmanship and construction materials can be seen here

Worth spending atleast 3 to 4 hours in the well curated, maintained, informative displays. Children will love it and while we were there we saw several school groups visiting, atleast 100 primary children. Asking curious questions and wondering were adding to our pleasure of visit.

Must visit place in Coimbatore. The way these animals are preserved and are available for public is just mind blowing

For nature lovers this places has loads to explore.. stuffed animals and a great collection of insects.. lot of other interesting things .. overall a good visit

Superb ppace to visot with kids. Awesome experience with the place.

This is located near North kovai, most of the peoples not know much about this museum. It has lot of animals and birds model which gives good information to know about it for childrens.

Superb and fantastic forest museum....they have lot of specimens.....clean and neat....take little bit more development....

Nice place to visit with kids.. fetus of elephants, humans were amazing... Various types of woods sample piece are displayed... Rifles of 90s.. skeleton of elephants has made eyes to open large.. peaceful environment in mid Coimbatore.. worth to visit .... This place will be a sure exclaming one for school students and kids

Awesome place for kids in Coimbatore. Your kiddo will definitely love this place. Good to go

Details= Entry fees ₹ 40 per head. SUNDAYS, SATURDAYS & CENTRAL GOV. HOLIDAYS ARE HOLIDAYS HEREParking= Ample parking inside the campus.Photography= Cell phones allowed.Videography= Allowed but separate charge.About= One of the neglected attractions in the city. Founded by Horace Archibald Gass, a British Forest Officer in 1902. A must visit place for those who love nature, animals and plants etc. Stuffed animals, birds, snakes, butterflies in perfection, Different timber specimens, Mineral samples, woodcrafts, tools and weapons from Western Ghats (most of them) are displayed here.

Very nice place to visit and learn..This museum having real animal skulls.

A really good place to take kids.. Helps them know more about the animals n c their originality.. Even though lifeless, they appear to be real. It is a unique museum... One of its kind.. More than a century old.. Renovated completely.. in this summer season it is too difficult to roam for a long time with kids inside.. In wooden and glass display cases we find a huge amount of birds and other creatures, with lighting available simply by pressing a button. Very useful informative and more passionate.

The most historical place in Coimbatore in this all old memories things in museum.. I suggest you will get in going Coimbatore than u will definitely get once time visit In this place...

A little inside from the main road. Great exhibits. Interesting display of fetus of various animals.

Good for visiting when you are in Coimbatore.... Good collection of forest and animal artifacts

Its an amazing place to visit. The collection of animal species are wonderful. Especially the insect collection of order Lepidoptera is lovely.

A good place to visit in coimbatore with children.Can spend atleast 3 hours to see all the museum arrangements.

Really nice experience ❤.... Never know such museum was available here... Everyone should visit

Good place to visit with childrens... By reaching museum, take a route in opposite of district library...

Very good atmosphere, very good collection of tree fossils, olden days arms , and the campus is very peaceful

Very beautiful atmosphere and a wonderful museum with highly knowledgeable guides... Must visit if youre in Coimbatore...

Nice place to visit particularly for plant and butterfly lovers

Nice place to visit, good place for school children to have a knowledge about few things about history and wooden archaeological, for sure your kids will enjoy the peacock roaming around

Not maintain properly

Must visit place in Coimbatore, very use full for listening about animals,plants, trees, fruits, birds etc...

Extraordinary place to visit for all age groups and especially for those interested in forests and animals. Wonderful collections. Needs modernization. If done, this will easily become one of the best in Tamilnadu.

Good place lot of rare collections

Very great Museum

Nice place to know about tree variety

Nice place in the heart of the city. Should be educative for kids. They could do some interactive thing too to attract visitors

One of Oldest forest museum in india... Organised very well

Ok 👌👌

Excellent place to relax and learn

It is wonderful place to explore ancient history and we can know knowledge about old history

The special thing about Gass forest museum is that it has so many stuffed animals, especially one Indian Gaur is amazing. One should visit it.

Good place for little children

Best forest museum ever... Must visit

Ancient museum with a well arranged amazing collection of many specimens concerned with forest mainly stuffed animals, birds, reptiles, insects, skeletons, stones, etc. They are also preserving guns, and similar other hunting equipments.

Good place to visit 👍, you can get lots of information about plants and animals

Amazing collections by one person gass, its my first visit to Gass museum.medium size museum 3 to 4 hours to see the collections.

Must visit place

If you are in Coimbatore, this is a must place to visit. This museum takes you back into history featuring the life cycle of Birds and some Animals. Very well maintained by Central Government Staff. On discussion with the staff they highlighted that, one of the Butterfly species attracts fungus and if not maintained its feathers will become powder. A family visit will be fun filled for kids. There are plenty of peacocks around the building and is a sight to behold.

Awesome Musuem I have visited as of now..Its will take solid 1 hour to look all of it..Entrance for adult is 40 Rs eachChildren is 20 Rs each..You will come to know about many types of Tress as well as large collection Birds and animals..Nice service support from the people out there..It has even fantastic front view..There are two floors here.. right place to come with family..

This is one of the underrated and least known museums of India. Not many know about this place, even those from Coimbatore city. I really appreciate the museum authorities who have maintained this site and very well preserved all the artefacts.Here, you can see different varieties of wild animals, birds, reptiles, insects, etc. Though the museum is not big in size, but it requires around 45-60 minutes to see all it peacefully. Photography is allowed here and you can take some fantastic pictures here.One thing to note is that the museum is located inside the Forest Campus and so it is little inside. Keep following the sign boards or you can ask people present inside.

Awesome place with preserved specimens of dead plants, animals, birds and various types of oils, woods, food items, minerals, sand... Really awesome experience. I loved it 🖤❤️

It is really a wonderful place to see varieties of animals, birds, butterflies, guns and woods in the museum. It will be helpful for biology students. This museum is located at the centre of forest. Its a pleasant place to spend time. The entry price for adult is ₹40, for Children ₹20 and for foreigners ₹200 charging. Sunday will be closed.

Gass Forest Museum is a government run natural history museum situated at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.Toward the end of the 19th century, an aborted attempt was made by J. A. Gamble, the conservator of forests for Madras Presidency, to establish a forest museum in the province. A few years later in 1902, Gambles successor as Conservator of Forests Horace Arichibald Gass succeeded in establishing a museum for forestry. It was opened to the public 15 April 1902 by Baron Ampthill, the then Governor of Madras, at that point simply referred to as the Forest Museum at Coimbatore. When Gass, the first curator, retired in 1905, his successor F. A. Lodge renamed the museum in his honor. It was expanded in 1905 and 1915. In 1912, the Madras Forestry College (currently the Tamil Nadu Forest Academy) was established in the museum grounds to train foresters. During 1942-47, the museum was closed and the buildings used as shelters for World War II evacuees from Malta and Greece. After Indian Independence in 1947, the museum came under the administration Government of Tamil Nadu. It is currently run by the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), which is situated in the same campus. The museum was reopened for public on May 1, 2015 after carrying out renovation works. A 3D diorama depicting wildlife in its natural habitat has been added.The museum is situated in the Forest College Campus, situated on Cowley Brown Road in the heart of Coimbatore city. The campus also houses other institutions like the Tamil Nadu Forest Academy (TNFA), the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFoS) and other offices of the Tamil Nadu Forest Department.

This is one of the beautiful museums I have ever seen . This museum has all exhibits related to forest including some woods of all varieties which I have never seen anywhere. There was an exhibit of very big teak wood which is more than 450 years old. Each exhibit is unique in nature. A must visit for everyone. Incidentally, it is in the heart of the city.

India’s biggest forest museum in Coimbatore

This a place where students can learn many interesting thing.Great place.

We didnt expect this place to impress us.. but boy!! It did more than impress us.. interesting place and objects to see and things to learn, so much in relatively little space... Our time flew in Gass forest museum

This Museum is situated near government college of technology Coimbatore. This was recently renovated. The exhibits for well maintained and of high standard. They dont allow any water bottle inside the Museum while you visit. You need to walk a lot so be prepared for that. Do visit this Museum at least once for sure if you are a Biology student. It is interesting for the public also.

Nice collection. Heritage site. I was impressed by an idea of chronicling the historical events happened in india and the age of the tree was about 400 years. They were describing the events in the rings of the stem which depicts the year the tree passes. Regretted why I have not taken the photography.

One should definitely visit the Museum. Very well maintained. Thanks to forest college.

Very good place for forest animals and national equipment items. Very useful for young children and study peoples. 100yrs old woods, animal bons lots of small birds there.

Very good place. So many important animals and birds details available. Must visit. To provide ventilation and air conditioning.

Its a nice place for kids to visit.. wonderful collection and its surprising to know the entire/99% of the collection is from one person named Gass. Kids will love it. Since its inside the forest campus you experience the feel of being in a forest. you can see peacocks around.

Quite an enjoyable experience awaits adults and children alike at this museum of natural history of India. The building itself and the grounds are an experience in yesteryear, though the location is right in the heart of Coimbatore. The small entry fee is a bargain.In the tall, spacious central display area, wild animals prowl in a 3D diorama, appearing so alive that you might draw back upon first glance. They are amazing examples of the fine craft of taxidermy.In wooden and glass display cases you find a huge amount of birds and other creatures, with lighting available simply by pressing a button.Benches are available for sitting outside on the pleasant grounds, perhaps to reflect on what youve seen and learned inside the museum.I found it inspiring to learn a little about the museums origin, as its all too easy to take such places for granted and overlook the hard work that goes into bringing them about. Opened in 1902, the museum was named to honor a British conservator of forests who passionately took forward an earlier attempt to set up a forest museum in what was then Madras Presidency. Later, a forestry college, now the Tamil Nadu Forest Academy, was set up on the grounds to train foresters.The museum has an interesting connection with World War II, as it was closed for 5 years so that its buildings could serve to shelter a number of evacuees.

The museum is maintained by the central government. The museum is comparatively small to other museum. Overall its a worth visit with the kids.The entry fee is 40 rupees for adult. The place is a peaceful place and they do have seats to sit

It is a good place for people from Coimbatore to visit.Its a place where many people donot know it exists.The entry fee is cheap.It has info about local wildlife and plantations.Its definitely worth a visit.

Knowledge place. Where you can learn many things. Even every family can visit this spot with their kids. The kids can gain more knowledge in this spot. I request everyone to take their camera and rough note to make a note of everything and share it with everyone .

A hidden gem in Coimbatore! A very well maintained musuem and with excellent artifacts. One could spend at least 2 hours here to observe all the specimens. Since photography is allowed, you can take some great pics of animals (stuffed!)The building which houses the museum is from the British era (I believe) and is a treat for someone who is intrested in observing the architecture from the past.The staff regularly remind vistors to maintain silence and not to touch the exhibits, but alas some of the visitors dont seem to understand.

Nice place to visit

Located in the town near RS Puram and so much to see. It will give us a feel of being in a real forest.

Pls All Are Must Visit This museum

Awesome Collections, good maintenance

It is a unique museum.. One of its kind.. More than a century old.. Renovated completely.. Very useful informative... Museum of Natural History, Zoology and Botany.

Very unique museum, hats off to Mr. Gass in his effort and personal collections turned into this huge collection.Percent renovation giving Royal look to interior and exterior.Gass Museum has large collection of preserved species, birds, animals, trees and skulls. Also large collection of hunting weapons used by the tribals.Every person must visit this place, specifically schools and colleges can make study trip.

It was a great Museum with lots of specimens....the guide was very good in speech....the old man goes started this museum and there he given loots of Effort to collect all the specimen...really he is great...! ❣️

Animal were preserved by Taxidermy method. Its a wonderful place. Must visit There!

Its was a nice experience visiting a forest museum and knowing about the forest produce, flaura and fauna

It has a vast collection of specimens of animals, rocks, timber, wooden rifles, fungi, skin of animals, foetus of animals, etc. It is an enriching experience which can be built upon by further readings.

Amazing forest museum. If you are a wildlife lover and you wanted to know more about wildlife.. must visit this forest museum

Good collection of exhibits and pleasant environment. I liked the part where it was shown what are various kinds of woods and other forest treasures (fibres, minerals, tars, lacs) used for.

An old museum to kill time with knowledge about wood, oil, animals and old culture!!

One of the very nice place to see in Coimbatore. And so much rare things are there to see.

Very well organised...informative

U can see all the wild animals in one place..

A little bit far away from the main road but worth the effort. Take a taxi or auto n ask the driver to drop you near the museum n not on the main road. Its located 0.7 to 1 km from the main road into the forest office.

This place having good collection of old things and animal bodies etc...the current charges 40 rupies per head...cost worthy museum there in middle of Coimbatore city...

Wonderful Memories... Most important and visit this place.. and all Childers must watch

Largest of its kind in India, it was established in 1902 by Horace Archibald Gass, a British forest officer. It was moved to the present building in 1915. They have a huge collection of animal specimens, especially birds and plant seeds, timber, different rock formations, ethnography, etc. Cant miss it if youre visiting Coimbatore.

Good

Its fantastic place in cbe. Many items

There are great artifacts animals insects birds fungi are well preserved and it also contains some products used for agriculture

One of the great and useful place to spend time with family and friends..

One of the oldest museum and they preserve various different kinds of forest materials and organisms.All the animals looks realistic and the creativity in all organisms is also good(like they described how organisms attack other organisms).They have various collections of trees,woods,animals,guns,weapons,oils, building structures,bridge structures,and so on.Its really a good place to visit.

Its explains forest and its epic