Archaeological Museum

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Sight Address : Archaeological Museum is situated in Thrissur city in the Thrissur Zoo complex. Edit

Detail InformationEdit

Archeological Museum in Thrissur attracts thousands of people with its amazing praise worthy exhibits. It is located at the heart of the city in the Town Hall Road. The exhibits in this museum include valuable collection of murals and relics brought from various parts of Kerala.The museum is attractive with life size structures of eminent personalities of past lived in Kerala It also displays many models of monuments and temples, artifacts from various parts of India and handicrafts of Kerala. Manuscripts of books written on dry palm leaves (olagrandhangal) are exquisite collections in this museum. It is worth place to understand the cultural and artistic heritage of Kerala. You can find numerous models of very old temples, monuments, and so on. One of the most important features of this museum is manuscripts written on dry palm leaves that are generally known as the “Olagrandhangal”. These sensitive manuscripts are preserved at the museum carefully. A big number of artifacts which are exhibited at the museum was in reality discovered in the forests of Thrissur as well as Wayanad district.

Archaeological-museum

HistoryEdit

Archaeological Museum is housed in the structure built in the year 1904 by the then Raja of Kollangode to his daughter. The structure is built in a mixed style, blending traditional as well as western architecture.The Archaeological Museum in addition presents big life-size statues of well-known as well as eminent personalities of the history. You can find numerous models of very old temples, monuments, and so on. One of the most important features of this museum is manuscripts written on dry palm leaves that are generally known as the “Olagrandhangal”. These sensitive manuscripts are preserved at the museum carefully. A big number of artifacts which are exhibited at the museum was in reality discovered in the forests of Thrissur as well as Wayanad district.

Must SeeEdit

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Visiting TimeEdit

Open 10 am – 5 pm

Closed OnEdit

Mondays and National Holidays

Best Season to VisitEdit

October to February.

Best Time To VisitEdit

Morning, Afternoon, Evening.

Time Required for SightseeingEdit

2 to 3 hours

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Restaurants NearbyAdd / Edit

Desseeya Restaurant & Bar – Thrissur ; 15/214 Church Road Res Of Secretary Koodapuzha Chalakudy,Annallur, Thrissur – 680307 , India. ; Ph/M – Phone : 0480-2701984 ; Food Serve – N.A.

How to ReachEdit

Taxi : Thrissur is easily accessible by good roads. The taxis provide excellent transportation to the local inhabitants as well as the tourists of Thrissur.

BUS : Regular buses ply for Thrissur from Kochi (85 km, 42 hours, Rs 60 for semi deluxe), Trivandrum (280 km, 6 hours, Rs 200 for semi-deluxe), Kottayam (140 km, 4 hours, Rs 80 for semi-deluxe). Overnight buses too are available from Bangalore (450 km, 8 hours, Rs 950 for AC Volvo), Chennai (630 km, 12 hours, Rs 1,300 for AC Volvo), Hyderabad (980 km, 15 hours, Rs 1,600 for AC Volvo), Madurai (280 km, 4 hours, Rs 500 for AC Volvo) and Coimbatore (120 km, 2 hours, Rs 300 for AC Volvo).

Train : Trichur is an important railway station and is linked to all major towns.

Air : The Cochin International Airport located at a distance of 55 km south is the nearest airport to Thrissur. The Kozhikode/Calicut airport located at a distance of 80 km north is another airport close to Thrissur.

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Things to CarryEdit

Carry sunscreen lotions for protection from the sun and plenty of water and also carry camera.

Safety / WarningEdit

Try to catch Goverment owned bus (KSRTC bus) to the extent possible, It may look not much clean, but your safe journey is assured. if your are there for the first time, try to avoid Limited stop private buses. Most of the drivers are will take unnecessary risk which will make your journey horrible.