Established | 15 April 1959 | as a memorial museum
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Location | Madurai, India |
Coordinates | 9°55′48″N 78°08′19″E / 9.929923°N 78.138593°E |
Type | Memorial museum Biographical museum |
Visitors | about 6,50,000 (2023) |
Website | gandhimmm |
Gandhi Memorial Museum, established in 1959, is a memorial museum for Mahatma Gandhi located in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Known as Gandhi Museum, it is now one of the five Gandhi Sanghralayas (Gandhi Museums) in the country. It includes a part of the blood-stained garment worn by Gandhi when he was assassinated by Nathuram Godse.