Hill Palace Museum

Hill Palace

Hill Palace is the largest archaeological museum of Kerala, near Tripunithura, Kochi. It 'was an administrative officer of the Kochi Rajas. Built in 1865, the palace complex consists of 49 buildings in traditional architectural style is spreading everywhere is 54 acres (220,000 m2). The complex is an archaeological museum, the Heritage Museum, Deer Park, the prehistoric park and a playground for children. Surrounding the Town Hill is a rare medicinal plants.

Hill Palace

Centre for Heritage Studies (CHS) is an independent research and educational institution established by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala is also working on the site. CHS was designated as "Conservation Centre manuscripts (MCC) and Manuscript Resource Centre (MRC) of the National Mission for Manuscripts.

The museum displays 14 categories of exhibits, including murals, paintings, sculptures in stone and plaster of paris, manuscripts, inscriptions, sculptures, etc. The exhibits in the museum are mainly from the royal family of Cochin. Some other parts are of Travancore Royal House, Devaswom Paliam and the Department of Archaeology. It has a golden crown encrusted with precious stones and many valuable coins, ornaments, majestic beds and samples of epigraphy.

Location: The building is about 12 km from the mainland Ernakulam and easily accessible by road. 

Details: Currently, the castle was transformed into a museum and is open to the public every day except Monday 9:00 to 12:30 and 2:00 p.m. to 4:30.