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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,
Gamble's
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.
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