Napier Museum

Napier Museum and Art Gallery is a part of the Napier Museum campus, which is situated in the middle of Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala. One should at not miss the tour of this museum, to get a feel of the authentic cultural heritage of ‘The God's Own Country’. Named after the former Governor General of Madras, Sir John Napier, the Napier Museum was constructed in the 19th century. The museum was constructed in the Indo-Saracenic style. The Napier museum is an abode of a number of different exotic and rare assortments of archaeological and historic relics, ancient ornaments, bronze idols, ivory carvings. One can also find a chariot, which has been designed beautifully with a number of tribal arts. Napier Museum & Art Gallery also boasts of maintaining an ergonomically designed naturally cooled compound, which is designed according to the principles of physics and architecture. Hence, it saves a lot of fuel and electricity. The use of plastic has been banned inside the premises of the museum, which is another thing that makes the Museum premises eco-friendly. The Napier Museum complex stores a number of artifacts, which exemplify the prosperous cultural heritage of Kerala. The museum itself is a wonderful piece of architecture, with its picturesque green surroundings.