| Ambalavayal Museum
The Ambalavayal Heritage Museum
is one of the best tradition museums of Kerala.
The museum boasts of one the major collections of
articles that date back to 2nd century AD. Near
Ambukuthi hill region is this heritage museum housing
artifacts and belongings of the various tribes of
the land. The exhibits here comprise rare 2nd century
artefacts such as clay sculptures, ancient hunting
equipments like bows and arrows, stone weapons and
other curios.
Location
: 12 Kms South Of Sulthan Bathery,
Kerala |
Hill
Palace Museum
The Hill Palace is the official
residence of the Kochi Royal Family was built
in 1865. It consisting of 49 buildings, the palace
is built in the Traditional Architectural Style
of Kerala and is surrounded by 52 acres of terraced
land.
Exhibited within the thirteen galleries are oil
paintings, 19th century Paintings, Murals, sculptures
in stone and plaster of Paris, manuscripts, inscriptions,
coins, belongings of the Kochi Royal Family, Paliathachan's
gallery and royal furniture including the 'Simhasana'
the king's chair.
Location
: Located 10 kms from Kochi |
Krishnan
Menon Museum
The Krishna Menon Museum
houses a good collection of Paintings by Raja
Raja Varma and Raja Ravi Varma and the section
is devoted to the Memorabilia of the late V.K.
Krishna Menon, former Indian Defence Minister
and national leader. The section in honour of
the great Indian leader V.K Krishna Menon has
on exhibit the collection of personal belongings
and souvenirs gifted by this world leader.
Location
: Adjacent to the Pazhassi Raja
Museum, Kozhikode (Calicut) |
Kuthiramalika
Museum
Kuthiramalika Palace Museum,
a classic specimen of Kerala Architecture is located
in 'Kuthiramalika’ .The Museum displays
the paintings and diverse priceless collections
of the royal family.
The Paintings and other curios offer an unusual
glimpse into the private lives of the members
of the royal family. The first room of the palace
houses 14 life-size figures depicting a variety
of scenes from the Kerala legends and Kathakali.
Location
: Near the Padmanabhaswamy Temple,
Thiruvananthapuram |
The
Government Museum
The Government museum in
Thiruvananthapuram was founded in 1857. The area
around it has been lay out as a park and zoological
garden. The museum has a fine collection in its
natural history section and the art collection
covers aspects of Kerala's rich tradition in sculptures
of stone, wood and metal. The gallery of bronze
shows the marked style of Kerala as quite clearly
different from that of the bronzes of Tamil Nadu
where, under the Cholas, bronzes tended to be
tall and nearly artificially slim.
Location
: Located within a spacious park
and zoological garden, Thiruvananthapuram |
Sree
Chitra Arts Gallery
Located in the Napier Museum
grounds, Sree Chitra Art Gallery displays select
Paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, Svetlova and Nicholas
Roerich and beautiful works from the Rajput, Mughal
and Tanjore schools of art in India. The collection
also includes various paintings from China, Japan,
Tibet and Bali. The art gallery located in a traditional
building next to Napier Museum, houses the collections
of the Travancore ruling family, and includes
an interesting assortment of turn-of-the-century
Bengali school paintings, and Rajasthani and Mughal
miniatures.
Location
: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
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