Napier Museum – Thiruvananthapuram – Kerala – India.

The Napier Museum is an art and natural history museum situated in Thiruvananthapuram the capital city of Kerala, India.The museum is about 6 km from the city. The museum was established in 1855. In 1874, the old Museum Building was demolished and foundation for the new building was laid. The new building was named after Lord Napier, the Governor of Madras from 1866-1872. The museum houses a rare collection of archaeological and historic artefacts, bronze idols, ancient ornaments, a temple chariot and ivory carvings. It also contains the Sri Chitra Art Gallery, which contains works from Raja Ravi Varma and Nicholas Roerich, as well as examples of Mughal and Tanjore art.