Hill Palace is the largest archaeological museum in Kerala, near Tripunithura. It was the administrative office of Kochi Rajas. Built in 1865, the Palace complex consists of 49 buildings in the traditional architectural style, spreading ac
ross in 54 acres. The complex has an archaeological museum, a heritage museum, a deer park, a pre-historic park and a children’s park . The land surrounding the Hill Palace has rare Medicinal Plants.
Presently the palace has been converted into a museum and is open to public all days except Mondays from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. The palace is about 14 km from Kochi and approachable by road.
Hill Palace was built in 1865 by the Maharaja Of Cochin using their personal wealth and now is the largest archaeological museum in kerala.[3]The palace was handed over to the Government of Kerala by the Cochin Royal Family and in 1980, the palace was taken over by theDepartment Of Archaeology and later converted into a Museum. It was opened to the public in 1986. The famous Malayalam film, “Manichithrathazhu” was shot in the palace.
The museum displays 14 categories of exhibits including murals, paintings, sculptures in stone and plaster of paris, manuscripts, inscriptions, carvings etc. The collections displayed in the museum is mainly from the Cochin Royal Family. Some other exhibits are from Travancore Royal House, Paliam Devaswom and from the department of Archaeology. It has a gold crown embedded with precious stones and many valuable coins, ornaments, majestic beds and samples of epigraphy.
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