Hill Palace
Hill palace is the largest archaeological museum in Kerala, noted for royal collections of the erstwhile Maharaja of Kochi.
Built in 1865, the palace complex consists of 49 buildings
in the traditional architectural style of Kerala, sprawled over 52 acres of
beautifully landscaped terraced land which houses a deer park and facilities
for horse riding.
Hill palace is the largest archaeological museum in Kerala, noted for royal collections of the erstwhile Maharaja of Kochi.
It
is famous for the precious collection Cochin royal family. The 1st building in the Palace is constructed
in the Ettukettu model (Kerala style).
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 precious
gold crown fixed with the precious stones and Simhasana (throne) of the
Cochin Raja.
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 Age, wooden temple models, plaster cast models of objects from
Mohenjodaro and Harappa of the Indus Valley Civilisation. The museum also
houses a gallery of contemporary art.
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