Museums

Hill palace museum

Hill Palace Museum situated approx. 12 kms away from Ernakulam. It is the largest archeological museum in Kerala. Differencet types of sculptures, collection of rare coins, old weapons, manuscripts in ancient lipis and collections from the Cochin Royal family are exhibited here. The museum is open from 10 am to 4 pm on all days except Mondays and National Holidays.

Pazhassi museum

Pazhassi Raja Museum & Art Gallery and Krishna Menon Museum
These museums are situated in calicut , Kerala and located close to each other and open to publich from 10 am to 5 pm on all days except Mondays and National Holidays. Copies of ancient mural paintings, antique bronzes and oldcoins are on display. Models of temples, megalithic monuments like dp,pmpod custs. I,nre;;a stpmes etc/ are a;sp exjonoted in Pazhassi Raja Museum.

Napier museum

This museum is situated in Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum).It has a good collection of bronzes, historical ornaments, temple chariots and ivory carvings. The museum is open from 10 am to 5 pm except on Wednesday mornings and Mondays.

Kuthiramalikaa museum

This museum is situated in Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum).It is located next to Sree Padmanabhaswami temple. The building itself is unique in its Keralan architecture. It is closed on Mondays.

Teak museum

About 4 kms. from Nilambur, is world’s first Teak Museum, a visitor can have first hand information on all aspects of teak. The museum arranged in a two storied building, exhibits articles and details of historic, aesthetic and scientif value. A library of world literature on teak is also available here.

Wayanad heritage museum

Located near the Ambukuthi hills,in Wayanad, Kerala, this heritage museum displays artifacts and belongings of the various tribes of the land. This is one of the best heritage museums in Kerala.

Museum of Kerala history

located at Edappally aprox. 10 kms from Ernakulam is the only one of its kind in Kerala. The speciality of this museum is that the history of Kerala for the last 2000 years is exhibited and narrated with the help of light and sound.

Cubbon museum

situated at Kasturba road, in Bangalore, this is one of the oldest museums, established in the year 1868. Specimens of works of antiquity and ancient art such as sculptures, coins and inscriptions found from different parts of Karnataka are displayed here. The museum has an attractive collection of specimens of archeological and natural history, mumismatics, enthology, art and industrial art. Open daily except Wednesdays and public holidays 10 am to 5.30 pm.

Gandhi museum

This institution is a 300 year old palace dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi to promote study and appreciation of Mahatma’s teachings. There is picture gallery, a library, personal memorables of the Mahatma and an exhibit of South Indian handicrafts and village industries. The Govt. Museum and Tamil Culture also functions in the complex. Timing 10 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5.30pm.

View tour package