Hill Palace Museum

The erstwhile Kochi Maharaja's palace, now converted to a large museum with a small zoo. Has paintings and epigraphy from collections of Travancore and Cochin royal families. It is the largest archaeological palace in South India with more than 500 artifacts divided into 16 galleries. The highlight of the Palace is the display of multi-billion worth Cochin Royal Crown and Crown Jewels. The Crown Gallery is a high security zone with elaborate security checks. Photography and bags are prohibited. The Palace complex is huge with several buildings inside. There is a good Deer Park (10AM-4:30PM) which also has peacocks. A small fauna garden was set up in 2003. The palace has more than 100 different species of trees and plants of medical value. The palace has five large gardens and two large resting grounds of late Maharajas.

• museum
• outdoors
• history
• family

Address

Hill Palace Rd

Getting there

12 km southeast of Ernakulam

Hours

10AM-12:30PM; 2-4:30PM (Crown Gallery closes at 4PM) (closed Mondays)

Price

Indians ₹20, foreigners ₹500 (including Deer Park and all attractions)