( A Unique & Incredible Museum )

A unique Museum to display a miraculous collection of Nature's Art, initially shaped by seawaves and then by the imagination of an artist through a rare and innovative art form, is functioning at the scenic village of Kumarakom, Kottayam. A visitor would find in the Bay Island Driftwood Museum a huge collection of elegant wooden/root sculptures of marvellous shapes compatible with nature. This amazing collection represents a work of art pioneered by a lady post graduate teacher retired from service in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

During her long professional tenure in the archipelago, she used to pick up pieces of driftwood deposited by sea in the shores, comprising twisted tree trunks, stumps, roots etcs which had potential for transformation to sculptures with marginal efforts. She cleansed them, removed unwanted parts and trimmed to the shape she had in mind. No part is added to complete a shape. She helped the Nature's original design to come out more forcefully, evocatively and permanently. Many of these pieces resemble trees, flowers, animals, birds, reptiles amphibians and fishes. Shaping, polishing and finishing were done with fierce dedication.

The admirers and connoisseurs of this modern form of art frequent the institution aptly named the Bay Island Driftwood Museum. The Museum inculcates in students the qualities of imagination, creativity, originality and initiation to produce useful articles out of materials normally considered waste.

The Bay Island Driftwood Museum is the only one of its kind in the country. This institution attracts tourists-both foreign and domestic-as well as members of local public. This 'must see' spot has enhanced the tourism potential of the locality to a good extent since its inception in the recent past.


The details of the features of the Museum are illustrated in its website www.bay-island-museum.com. Besides, they have recently been included in the site www. Keralatourism.org of the Dept. of Tourism, Government of Kerala, for the information of tourists the world over.

Communication
Museum: 0481-2525634
Curator: 94474 64296( mob)
Res: 0481-2517530

Visiting Hours
Weekday :10 am to 5 pm
Sunday : 11.30 am to 5 pm
Monday : Holiday