Museums of Kerala & Locations
Museums of Kerala vividly capture the rich traditions and helps people to have a better understanding about the importance of cultural heritage of Kerala. 

In this post, we will list some of the important museums in Kerala and their locations which are often asked in the PSC Preliminary and Main examinations.

Important Museums of Kerala & Locations

  • Arakkal Museum – Ayikkara, Kannur.
  • Archaeological Museum – Thrissur.
  • Ayurveda Museum – Thaikkattussery, Ollur, Thrissur.
  • Banking Museum – Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram (by SBT, 2017).
  • Business Museum – Kunamangalam, Kozhikode.
  • Bay Island Driftwood Museum / Driftwood Museum – Kumarakom, Kottayam.
  • Cartoon Museum – Kayamkulam.
  • Coconut Museum – Kochi.
  • Coir Museum – Thoothukudi.
    • International Coir Museum – Kalavoor, Alappuzha.
  • Co-operative Museum – Kozhikode.
  • Crime Museum – Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Dr. Kalam Smriti International Science & Space Museum – Vellanad, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Hill Palace Museum – Thrippunithura.
  • History Museum – Uppalli.
  • History & Heritage Museum – Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Indian Business Museum – IIM Kozhikode.
  • Indo-Portuguese Museum – Fort Kochi.
  • International Coir Museum – Alappuzha.
  • International Cooperative Museum – Kozhikode.
  • Jail Museum – Kannur.
  • Jaggery Museum – Marayoor.
  • Keralam, Museum of History & Heritage – Thiruvananthapuram (2011).
  • Kerala Folklore Museum –  Thevara, Kochi.
  • Kerala History Museum – Edapally.
  • Kerala Science & Technology Museum – Thiruvananthapuram.
  • KCS Panicker Gallery – Thiruvananthapuram.
  • KIRTADS Ethnological Museum –  Chevayoor, Kozhikode.
    • Kerala Institute for Research Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
  • Krishna Menon Museum – Kozhikode.
    • Museums of Kerala List- PSC GK
  • Krishnapuram Palace – Kayamkulam.
  • Kunjali Marakkar Museum – Iringal, Kozhikode.
  • Kuthiramalika Museum – Trivandrum.
  • Labour Movement Museum – Alappuzha. (First of its kind in India)*
  • Lighthouse Museum – Alappuzha. 
  • Malayalam Literary Museum – Thunjan Parambu, Tirur.
  • Mani Iyer Memorial Museum of Music Instruments – Chathapuram, Palakkad (2013).
  • Martime Heritage Museum – Wellingdon, Kochi.
  • Mural Art Museum – Thrissur.
  • Napier Museum – Trivandrum.
  • Nila Heritage Museum (proposed) – Ponnani (Malappuram).
  • Niyamasabha Museum – Trivandrum.
  • Numismatics Museum – Koyikkal Palace, Nedumangadu (1992).
  • Parikshit Thampuran Museum – Kochi.
  • Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum – Kozhikode (1978).
  • Ravi Karunakaran Museum – Alappuzha.
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum – Kollam.
    • Police Museum – Mattancherry, Ernakulam.
  • Soil Museum – Parattukonam, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Spices Museum in Kerala – Kochi.
  • Tea Museum – Munnar.
  • Teak Museum – Velianthode, Nilambur (1995).
  • Thakazhi Museum – Alappuzha.
  • Tsunami Museum – Azheekal.
  • Vallathol Museum – Cheruthuruthy.
  • Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Museum – Thrissur (2013).
  • Veluthampi Dalawa Museum – Mannady.
  • V.K. Krishamenon Museum – Kozhikode.
  • Water Museum in Kerala – Kunamangalam, Kozhikode.
  • Wayanad Heritage Museum – Amabalavayal.
  • Yesudas Digital Museum (proposed) – Thiruvananthapuram.

📝SideNotes:

  • First Museum in Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram (1853).
  • International Museum Day – May 18.
  • The largest archaeological museum in Kerala – Hill Palace (1865, Tripunithura).
  • Numismatics – the branch of science that deals with the study or collection of coins, banknotes, & medals.
  • *New Model Cooperative Society Limited previously run by Bombay Company; is being converting into museum.
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