Hill Palace Museum - Location : 10 km from Ernakulam town, central
Kerala.
Hill Palace Museum - Visiting hours : 9.00 to 12.30 hrs. and 14.00
to 16.30 hrs. on all days except Mondays.
Hill Palace Museum - Highlights : Kerala's first heritage museum.
Royal collections of the erstwhile Maharaja of Kochi.
The Hill Palace, the official residence of the Kochi royal family,
is today the largest archaeological museum in Kerala. Built in 1865,
the palace complex consists of 49 buildings in the tr tional architectural
style of Kerala, sprawled over 52 acres of beautifully landscaped
terraced land which houses a deer park and facilities for horse riding.
Numerous species of flora including rare medicinal plants grow here.
On display in the full-fledged Ethno-archaeological museum are oil-paintings,
murals, sculptures in stone and manuscripts, inscriptions, coins,
belongings of the Kochi royal family and royal furniture including
the simhasana (throne).
Also exhibited are over 200 antique pieces of pottery and ceramic
vases from Japan and China, Kudakkallu (tomb stone), Thoppikkallu
(hood stone), menhirs, granite, laterite memorials, rock cut weapons
from the stone ages, wooden temple models, plaster cast models of
objects from Mohanjodaro and Harappa of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
The museum also houses a gallery of contemporary art.
Hill Palace Museum - Getting there:
Hill Palace Museum - Nearest railway station : Ernakulam, about 10
km
Hill Palace Museum - Nearest airport : Cochin International Airport,
about 30 km
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