Pearland Alliance for Arts & Culture and Kannappan Art Museums

Kannappan Art Museums opened on May 26th 2017 in Pearland, Texas. About 100 people attended the inauguration function. Sockalingam Sam Kannappan welcomed the distinguished gathering of many American officials. Pearland Mayor Tom Reid gave a certificate (shown here)to Kannappan giving background of the origin of the museum effort. Deputy Consul General of India at Houston Honorable Surendra Adhana praised the community service by Kannappan. Rathna Kumar explained the dance forms from Tamil Nadu including four thousand year old Bharatha Natyam. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan spoke about the benefits of museums. S. Narayanan spoke of the photographs of the mansion built by their grand father in 1944 at Nattarasankottai, Tamil Nadu. Executive Director Heidi Wiess talked about the future global city museums including Indian and Chinese museums that are being planned with Kannappan as the Chairman of building committee.
Museum will be open for public Tuesdays 5:30PM to 7:30 PM, Thursdays 9 AM to 2 PM, Sundays 12 noon to 4 PM or by appointment by emailing [email protected]. Address: 2341 N. Galveston Ave, Pearland, TX 77581.