Once British society in Chennai used to meet in the Pantheon. It's 18th century buildings and grounds have over the years been developed into the Connemara Library, one of the country's three National Libraries, the National Art Gallery, a beautiful building of Jaipur-Mughal architecture, the Govt. Museum with it's fabulous collection of bronzes and the Museum Theatre, a quaint theatre that is another building out of the gaslight era.