Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram is a massive city packed with stunning sights, coconut palms, and waterfalls. This natural beauty comprises many water bodies, including dams, lakes, beaches, and waterfalls. It is also rich in flora and wildlife, which adorns many creatures in museums such as horses, elephants, and other wild animals. Napier Museum is located inside Trivandrum Zoo which is the oldest zoological garden in India established in 1857 on over 55 acres of land. It also contains the Sree Chitra Art Gallery established in 1935 and is one of the best tourist places in Trivandrum. The entire complex is managed by the Department of Museum and Zoos of Kerala.
It is a museum of art and history and is named after the former Governor-General of Madras Lord Napier. The architecture of the museum was designed by the consulting architect of the Madras Government. It has a unique architectural style and decoration with a supernatural roof and minarets with a natural air conditioning system. It has unique historical and archaeological pieces. This collection includes sculptures of bronze and stone, wood and ivory carvings, lamp, textiles, life-size Kathakali figures, handicraft items, traditional musical instruments, and other collections of various dynasties of South India.