This museum is in heart of the city.The way inside in unbelievably surrounded by thick vegetation- a surprise indeed in the middle of the town.Museum contains stuffed dead animals- which look real life.Giant eggs of ostritch and huge skeletons of elephant are kept for display.Educative for children.

I wanted to see as many sights in Coimbatore as was possible in my short visit, and I spotted this place on the map so decided to head there and take a look with a friend of mine on his scooter. It's located on an educational campus so you are signed in at the gate, and from there you can follow the signs to where this place is. The building itself is historical and beautiful in its own right, but when you step inside it's like stepping back in time! The museum curator met us inside and I was a little disappointed to see how much more, as a foreigner, I was going to have to pay compared to my local friend, however we managed to organise something so that everyone was happy. We got a talk by the lady at the entrance desk about the place and it was informative and enlightening. Afterwards we wandered around the displays, each of which were in wooden cabinets with lights you could operate at the side of each one to illuminate the exhibits. They have all kinds of animals and birds there, as you'd expect from a natural history museum. There are displays of insects, different woods, seeds and crafts, all beautifully displayed and immaculately maintained. The view from the upper level looking down over the ground floor is architecturally stunning. We thoroughly enjoyed wandering through this incredible little museum, and would highly recommend it to others who have an interest in nature, history and architecture. I think Horace Archibald Gass from the British forestry commission who founded this place did a sterling job! Opening hours are 9am to 1pm, and 2pm to 5pm Mondays to Fridays, the museum phone number for arranging school tours is 04222450307, and entry fees are 40 Rs per adult and 20 Rs per child, with a significantly higher entry fee of around Rs200 for foreigners, as is the case in most Indian tourist spots unfortunately.