Kerala is a unique state of the country that has got a rich culture and tradition. Even before the colonial powers started to think of invading, the state of Kerala was wealthy in their own ways. Years later, they were kept for display in the museums all across the state. However, you are going to find absolutely different galleries that were established with completely different concepts and themes. Moreover, tourists thronging to the state had visited and still are dropping at these sites to truly analyze everything in the Kerala way and their histories. Given below are the most usual museums that you are not supposed to miss while you are holidaying Kerala.
Police Museum in Kollam
They are also known as Sardar Vallabhai Patel Museum. You could drop into this unusual museum very effortlessly, as they can be sited just opposite to the Kollam Junction Railway Station. Established in 2000, the museum does showcase a surprising collection of ammunitions that were used from the 18th century. Moreover, they have still preserved some significant information charts of human bones, DNA tests, and fingerprints. Besides that, you could get to see the different ranked police medals. Later in 2005, one of their working constables named Santhosh had sculpted a 1.1-ton weighing statue of Sardar Vallabhai Patel and erected them in the premises of the museum.
Sunil’s Wax Museum
Yet another deserving tourist attraction of the capital city, Trivandrum, the Sunil’s Wax Museum is the latest in the list of unusual museums of Kerala. That said, the wax museum is the first and the only one of its kind in the entire state. The exhibits displayed here are obviously of the famous Indian personalities who had excelled in their fields. When counting the numbers, they may not be as large as the Chennai Silicon Statue Museum, even then presently, around 27 of them are showcased here. You could easily reach them on your tour of the capital city, as they are in proximity to the famous Padmanabha Swamy temple.
Teak Museum in Nilambur
This unique museum operating in the Malappuram district amid the forest is a ‘must-visit’ site when you are vacationing with your family in Nilambur. The museum only meant for the conservation of different varieties of Teak was opened to the public in 1995 by the Kerala Forest Research Institution. You may easily spot the museum even when you are traveling by certain tour packages, as they are situated close to the more famous Conolly’s Plot, which is the largest ever teak plantation of the entire world.
Water Museum in Kozhikode
This distinctive center for Water Resources Development and Management in Kozhikode district is not only a museum but also a bio park. Owned and maintained by the government of Kerala, the water museum is only one of its kinds. The tourist visiting the place could educate themselves on the significance of water conservation and showing the reasons why they had to be preserved for the posterity. The museum cum Bio Park is situated in the eastern part of the district at Kunnamangalam. The museum had succeeded in passing on the traditional methods of conservation, once acquiring bits of help from local sculptors and other artists.
Indo-Portuguese Museum in Fort Kochi
Monuments like this are quite many in the historical streets of Fort Kochi, yet the factors that make the Indo-Portuguese Museum a standout are the year in which they were established and its unique architecture. The after-effects of Portuguese influence in the basic living of the people of Kerala can very well be analyzed by the distinct exhibits displayed here such as the teak altar, cross made with silver and wood, a 16th-century chasuble and many more sculptures carved out from precious metals. Surprisingly, in the collection of objects exhibited here, foreign assistance had played a major role. It was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Tea Museum in Munnar
Munnar, being one of the most popular tourist destinations of the state, it is quite inevitable that you will be visiting the place on any tour packages. On that very visit, you should deliberately take some time and space to drop into the Tea Museum is located in the valley of the Munnar Hills. Here you could find all those ancient equipment and tools that were used in the cultivation and harvesting of tea during the times of British. After getting tired by watching all those large pieces of machinery, you could buy some pure and lip-smacking tea from the canteen set inside the premises itself at cheap prices.
It is not only the museums that are diverse and unique in Kerala but many more. You need to explore those rare places by duly visiting them. For that very same purpose, you may contact Gogeo Holidays who are one of the most popular tour companies of Kerala. They had curated varied sorts of tour packages that could satisfy the taste preferences of each of the traveler groups, such as honeymooners, family and those who are on group tours and solo trips. Moreover, they would cover both the common travel destinations as well as the less popular ones. Yet another fascinating factor about their packages is that they are extremely low and affordable.
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