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{{Infobox museum
| name = Gass Forest Museum
| logo =
| logo_caption = The musem
| image = Gauss museum.jpg
| map_type = Tamil Nadu
| former_name = The Forest Museum at Coimbatore
| established = {{start date and age|df=yes|1902|4|15}}
| location = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| type = [[Natural history museum]]
| founder = Horace Arichibald Gass
| owner = [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| website =
}}

'''Gass Forest Museum''' is a government run [[List of natural history museums|natural history museum]] situated at [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[South India|India]].

==History==
[[File:Gass.JPG|thumb|Portrait of the founder, Horace Arichibald Gass, in the museum|alt=]]
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 [[Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill|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.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news|title=The natural witness|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/10/19/stories/2009101950030100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107222546/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/10/19/stories/2009101950030100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2012|accessdate=8 August 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of Gass Museum|url=http://ifgtb.icfre.gov.in/left_details/gassmusuem/gasshistory.html|work=Gass Forest Museum|publisher=Institute for Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding|accessdate=8 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709105756/http://ifgtb.icfre.gov.in/left_details/gassmusuem/gasshistory.html|archivedate=9 July 2011}}</ref> The museum was reopened for public on 1 May 2015 after carrying out renovation works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Gass-Forest-Museum-to-open-again/articleshow/47120024.cms|title=Gass Forest Museum to open again | Coimbatore News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> A 3D diorama depicting wildlife in its natural habitat has been added.

==Location==
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<ref name="Academy">
[http://www.forests.tn.nic.in/hrmanagement/tn_Forest_Academy.html Tamil Nadu Forest Academy]</ref> (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]].<ref name="hindu"/>

==Gallery==
Some of the specimens kept in this museum:
<gallery>
File:Gauss museum-Gaur.jpg|Stuffed Gaur (Indian Bison) presented by jayachamaraja wodeyar, Mysore
File:Gauss museum-Chinkara.jpg|Stuffed Chinkara (Indian gazelle)
File:Leopard at Gass Forest Museum, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.jpg|A stuffed leopard
File:Peacock-Gauss museum.jpg|Stuffed peacock and peahen
File:Elephant-foetus1 Gass museum.jpg|Elephant foetus (gifted by renowned 'elephant doctor' V. Krishnamurthy)
File:Sandal tree trunk-Gauss museum.jpg|Seasoned trunk of a sandal wood tree
File:Neer kadambai-Gass museum.jpg|Seasoned specimen of neer kadambai (நீர்க்கடம்பை) tree trunk
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Natural history museums in India]]
[[Category:Museums in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Coimbatore]]
[[Category:Museums established in 1902]]
[[Category:Forestry museums in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Coimbatore]]
[[Category:Museums in Coimbatore]]
[[Category:Science museums in India]]
[[Category:Forest museums]]

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