HILL PALACE MUSEUM
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Location : 10 kms From Kochi, Kerala.
Built in : 1865 AD
Main attraction : Kerala's First Heritage Museum
Timings : 9 am to 5 pm, All Days Except Monday

Located at a distance of 10 kilometers from Kochi, Hill Palace, the official
residence of the Kochi Royal Family was built in 1865. Consisting of 49
buildings, the palace is built in the Traditional Architectural Style of Kerala
and is surrounded by 52 acres of terraced land.

All sorts of flora of Kerala including rare medicinal plants are found here. A
full-fledged ethno-archaeological Museum and Kerala's first ever Heritage
Museum are the major attractions. 

Antiquities on Display 
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Exhibited inside 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 throne or the king's
chair). 

There are on display 200 antique pieces of pottery and ceramic vases from China
and Japan, Kudalkall, tomb stone 'thoppikkallu', hood stone 'menhirs' in
granite and Literate memorials, rock cut caves belonging to the early iron, age
wooden temple models. 

There is an amazing array of plaster cast models of objects from Mohanjodaro
and Harappa of the Indus Valley civilization of North India. The upper story
houses a gallery of contemporary art. 

The huge area over which the museum is spread provides the facilities for other
recreation activities as well. The huge expanse of land that surrounds the
royal palace has a Deer Park and has facilities for horse riding also. 

Timings 
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The museum is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on all days except Mondays. 

