Tea Museum

                                                                              A Tea Museum opened by Tata Tea appropriately at Munnar, the veritable tea country, is the latest attraction of the region. The museum house curios, photographs and machineries highlighting the path tea industry in the region have taken over the years. Set up at the Nallathanni Estate of Tata Tea, the museum is a tribute to the efforts of Munnar’s early residents who toiled hard to transform Munnar into a major plantation centre of Kerala.

The museum shows the growth of Munnar tea estates through displays like the rudimentary tea roller to the modern fully automated tea factory. A sundial, placed on a granite block, which was made in 1913 by the Art Industrial School at Nazareth, Tamil Nadu, greets the visitor to the museum. A burial urn from the second century BC found near Periakanal estate lends a sense of antiquity.

Other attention grabbers include the original tea roller, the 'Rotor vane,' dating back to 1905, used for CTC type tea processing; the 'Pelton Wheel' used in the power generation plant that existed in the Kanniamallay estate in the 1920s; a rail engine wheel of the Kundale Valley Light Railway that shuttled men and material between Munnar and Top Station during the first half of the last century.

Tea Museum

A section of the museum also houses classic bungalow furniture, typewriters, wooden bathtub, magneto phone, iron oven, manual calculators and EPABX of the1909 telephone system.

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Timing: Open 7 days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m.
Entry Fee: Adults: Rs.50, Children below 12 years: Rs.10                        
Address: Tata Tea Museum Nalluthanni Estate Munnar, Idukki District.