One place many destinations..Trivandrum Zoo & Museum.

Trivandrum Zoo & Museum

A place which has many reasons to come. Can say it's a one place with many destinations. Place for art, science, history & the place of kids interest.

Museum & Zoo Layout

It has:-

• Zoo
• Zoological Park
• Sree Chitra art gallery 
• Napier Museum( Art Museum)
• Natural history museum 
• Sree Chitra Enclave 
• K.C.S Panicker gallery 
• Aquarium 
• Botanical Garden 
• Museum library 
• Butterflies and birds Museum
• Children park
• 3D theatre

Facilities available:-

Battery car-

•  For zoo visitors on pavement basis.
•                  Rs 50/-per head
•                  Rs 20/-for Senior citizens
•                  Rs 15/- for specially abled person.

Resting area-

• Opposite to open enclosure for Tiger, around the Napier museum.

Drinking water-

•  Opposite to Leopard enclosure, a mushrooms shaped structure.
•  And adjacent to children park on left side of the way to Zoo office.

Toilet-

•  Near to small pond.
•  Also near Zoo hospital and car parking.

Eating joint-

• KTDC restaurant & ice cream parlour on right side of the zoo entrance.
• Canteen near the Natural History Museum.

     Thiruvananthapuram Zoo  Main attraction

 

   White Tiger

 Reptile House

And many more.....

Visiting Time: 9.00 AM to 5:15 PM       Monday holiday

Ticket Charges:

     Person above 12 years Rs 20/-

    Person below 12 years and above 5years Rs 5/-

       Family ticket (Father, mother and two children below 12 years) Rs 40/-

       Group (35 or less number of students and two teachers) Rs 200/-

Car parking Rs 150/-

Camera Rs 50/-

Hand held Video Rs 100/-

Electric car inside the Zoo (single person) Rs 50/-

Electric car inside the Zoo (Family) Rs 350/-

Electric car inside the Zoo (senior citizens) Rs 20/-

Electric car inside the Zoo (Specially abled persons) Rs 15/-

     Sri Chitra Art Gallery and KCS Paniker Gallery 

         Is located in a beautiful building, which depicts the element of Kerala architecture. On top of that it has the art work of India's famous artist Raja Varma & Raja Ravi Varma a classic Indian painter who excelled in depicting scenes from Indian literature & epics such as Mahabharata and Ramayana. And what made Raja Ravi Varma unique was that he fused Indian tradition with European techniques and came with a new genre of painting in India. And many of us also have a print of his art work on our walls.

                     Sri Chitra Art Gallery

K.C.S Paniker gallery, shows the art work of K.C.S Paniker. He was a metaphysical and abstract painter of 1950s & 1970s.

Visiting Time: 10:00 AM to 4:45 PM (Wednesday 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM)Monday holiday

Person above 12 years Rs 20/-

Person below 12 years and above 5years Rs 5/-

Family ticket (Father, mother and two children below 12 years) Rs 40/-

Group (35 or less number of students and two teachers) Rs 150/-

      Napier Museum (Art Museum) and Sree Chitra Enclave

        
  Art Museum is red and black brick structure, designed by Robert Fellows Chisholm in the 19th century and is a combination of the Kerala, Mughal and Italian architectural styles.The Museum is also called the Government Art Museum.

 Napier Museum

Sree chitra Enclave has chariot used by the Maharaja. Medals, stamps, coins, swords and other belonging of Maharaja are exhibited. 

Mural painting a traditional art form of Kerala made by using natural colour are also displayed here.

Shree Chitra Enclave

 Chariot of Maharaja

                    Mural painting

Visiting Time: 10:00 AM to 4:45 PM (Wednesday 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM)Monday holiday

        Person above 12 years Rs 10/-

Person below 12 years and above 5 years Rs 5/-

Family ticket (Father, mother and two children below 12 years) Rs 25/-

Group (35 or less number of students and two teachers) Rs 100/-

      Natural History Museum

Kids will love this place.

Visiting Time: 10:00 AM to 4:45 PM (Wednesday 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM)Monday holiday

  

Entrance

             

  Elephant skeleton

Person above 12 years Rs 10/-

Person below 12 years and above 5years Rs 5/-

Family ticket (Father, mother and two children below 12 years) Rs 20/-

Group (35 or less number of students and two teachers) Rs 100/-

Aquarium (Fish Galaxy)

Fish Galaxy

Person above 12 years Rs 5/-

Person below 12 years and above 5 years Rs 2/-

Family ticket (Father, mother and two children below 12 years) Rs 10/-

Group (35 or less number of students and two teachers) Rs 50/-

Film shooting in the Museum premises

Feature film Rs 30,000/-

Video film (Betacam) Rs 1,500/-

Video (telefilm) Rs 8,000/-

 Renting of Museum Auditorium

       

          Entertainment programme conducted by societies with ticket or pass (per day)           Rs 2,000/-

  Entertainment programme conducted by societies without ticket (per day)        Rs 1,500/-

  For conference, seminars etc. (upto 6 hours) Rs 1,000/-

 Film show (with ticket or pass)        Rs 2,000/-

 Film show (without ticket) LCD – VCD- DVD. Rs 1,500/-

 For conducting science and Art exhibitions (per day) Rs 600/-

3D Theatre – Rs.20/-per head

   Summary:

       As it's a one place with many destinations, so can't be completed in 

one day. A perfect place for art lover and art student's as there's lot to learn and a good place to see Kerala architecture. And zoo is well maintained and also has reptile house. History museum is also a good attraction for kids. Napier museum is not the place of interest for small kids.