The Chemical Conservation and Research Laboratory of the Government Museum, Chennai is well known for its activities in the field of conservation of antiquities and works of art, training, research, publication etc., in India. It was established in 1930 with the efforts of the then Superintendent of the Museum, Dr. EH. Gravely. It had Dr. S. Paramasivan as its first. Curator of this Laboratory, who had done a yeoman service n this field and was drawn by the Archaeological Survey of India for the conservation of paintings in South India during the 1940s. His publications on the work done in the Laboratory are globally well known. The subsequent Curators viz. Mr. R. Subramaniam, Mr. N. Harinarayana, Mr. S. Thangavelu have continued the activities and the Laboratory is now a approved research institute by the University of Madras for doing research in Chemical Conservation and Anthropology.
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