Museum

  • June 1975- Founded
  • 1996- Diploma Course in Archaeology
  • 1996- Archaeology Library
  • 2003- Conservation Lab
  • 2003- Reorganized museum with ten sections
  • 2015- Reorganized museum with thirteen sections
  • 2021- Kulangara Gallery
  • Staff in Charge Dr. Jenee Peter, Coordinator, Archaeology

The Archaeological Museum at U.C College, Aluva is just 21 km from Cochin. It began as a modest ‘store house of artifacts’ in one of the class rooms in the NR Block of the college near the department staff room. The collections in the museum have been classified into the following sections:

  1. Prehistoric section
  2. Proto historic and Harappan collections
  3. Historic section
  4. Lower Periyar valley: Megalithic and Iron age section
  5. Medieval sculptures
  6. Stone inscription and Copper plates
  7. Northeast Indian Tribal Collections
  8. Urn burials and terracotta section
  9. Coins
  10. Megalithic stone beads
  11. Iron objects: Megalithic grave goods, stylus, Cannon ball
  12. Archives: palm leaf manuscripts, paper documents, diaries and Maps
  13. Art- Glass painting, terracotta scultures, terracotta models
  14. Kulangara Gallery

Our aim is to set up a centre for excellence in archaeology and heritage studies in the near future. The museum is managed by the Staff in Charge and a Museum Assistant. The museum library has a rare collection of books dealing with Archaeology, Museology and Heritage: the library has benefitted from an initial grant from UBCHAE for strengthening the museum and for the Diploma in Archaeology conducted by CCES from 1998 to 2002. The library also has books purchased as per the UGC grant to the ADAM from 2002-07. The library functions along with the Department Library and together has a collection of 1000 books.

The Conservation Laboratory has facilities to conserve the museum objects, pottery restoration and offers consultancy in designing small museums, and for the listing and manitancne of the historical monuments and buildings within the campus. Field lab kit is available for conducting regular archaeological field studies and the artifacts collected are consolidated in the lab before displaying n the museum.

Consultancy Services: The faculty are consultants to the Muziris Heritage Project.