It is located at Chatham Island which is connected to Port Blair by bridge which was built during British period this saw mill was set up in the year 1836 and was the biggest Saw Mill in Asia at that time. The mill is still under operation and is maintained by the A&N Forest Department. This mill is a store house of timber, The Forest Museum inside the campus displays a variety of endemic species of timber and handicrafts, Chatham Island has the second largest wharf of these islands, where island mainland ships can berth. Beside these, the island is also popular for its large bomb crater from World War II. One can purchase souvenirs and handicrafts made up of timber.
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Museums
Cellular Jail - National Memorial
Cellular Jail - National Memorial
The Cellular Jail, a National Memorial, is located at Port Blair which stood as a mute witness to the most brutal and barbaric atrocities meted out to national freedom fighters, who were incarcerated in this jail.
The jail, completed in the year 1906 acquired the name 'Cellular' because it was entirely made up of individual cells for solitary confinement. It originally was a seven-block structure with three stories and a central tower acting as its fulcrum comprising of honeycomb like corridors.
Timings : 9:00 am to 12:00 noon and from 1:30 pm to 4:45 pm (Opens in All days except National holidays).
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Museums
Anthropological Museum
Anthropological Museum
The Anthropological museum in Port Blair started in the year 1975-76, is an ethnographic museum. It showcases the four Negrito Tribes of the Andaman viz. the Jarawas, Sentinelese, Great Andamanese and the Onges and two Mongoloid Tribes of the Nicobar viz. the Nicobarese and the Shompens. This museum is closed on Mondays and Govt. Holidays.
Timings: 09:00 AM to 01.00 PM and 02.00 PM to 04.45 PM.
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Museums
Fisheries
Fisheries
This museum is situated adjacent to the Rajiv Gandhi Water Sport Complex, Port Blair, which exhibits species of marine life endemic to the islands and found in the Indo-Pacific and the Bay of Bengal. It is closed on Mondays/Public Holidays/Second Saturdays.
Timings: 09:00 AM to 01.00 PM and 01.30 PM to 04.30 PM.
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Museums
Samudrika Naval Marine Museum
Samudrika Naval Marine Museum
Situated opposite Andaman Teal House, Delanipur, Port Blair, this museum create awareness on various aspects of oceanic environment and houses a vast collection of cells, corals and a few species of colourful fishes of the sea around the islands. Closed on Mondays and Holidays.
Timings: 09:00 AM to 12.00 Noon and 02.00 PM to 05.00 PM.
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