Teak Museum & Bio-resources Nature Park

Very interesting place. Very good botanical garden. Well maintained garden. Authentic data about teak woods and plantation are available.

It's worth a trip for the beauty of the museum. Many traditional furniture, which are no more in use, can be seen here. Unfortunately, a few items are either modified to look good or not real wood at all. Beautiful garden, try to spend some time here for the fresh air.

It was only after visiting the Nilambur Teak Museum that I came to know about teak beyond being a beautiful and durable wood.

Even the subtle details about teak are carefully understood by the visitors who come here.

This is not a place to visit just for curiosity. Take some time and try to read and understand all the notes that have been written here.

There are many exhibits in the museum that demonstrate the amazing durability of teak.

Teak growing, diseases during growth stages are all presented here with detailed pictures in a way that anyone can easily understand.

Pictures are also shared here for those who are interested to know more.

I wouldn't suggest spending time with friends and family as a tourist.

Students interested in history will find the South Museum of interest

For kids they have teak museum, bio resource nature park, children's park and more.

Seeing that everything is well taken care of, cleanliness is worth mentioning

Entry fee is 50₹ for adults and 15₹ for kids between 5 to 12 years of old, you can not get any food inside, only ice cream you will get inside.
Another my suggestion is better not to have food from the hotel just opposite of the museum, you will regret if you have from that hotel.

Nice place to visit once in a life time. Nothing much to see and experience. Mostly crowded in holidays. Food items and drinking water bottles are not allowed to the Museum area.

Teak museum is a number one tourist place in malappuram district. But ticket counter not accepting card payment or Upi payment.

Nice place for spending time with our friends and family… kids can use play area with slides and other itesm… and lots of gardening… huge place for different types of flowers and we can learn everything about teak wood in the Museum

Good place for family and nature lover (plant lover), garden makers. Children can play in the park.

+First of its kind
+Affordable and informatery
+well maintained

Good choice for both domestic and international tourists.

Good place to visit. Awesome garden with lots of butterflies. Many varieties of medicinal plants can be seen. Park available for children. Nice to visit on evening.

Everyone must see this.you will be wondered to know so many knowledge about the teak and its history. Also the park beside the museum is very beautiful.

Nilambur is known as land of Teak. The best Teak in the world may be grown in Nilambur.
In this museum, the visitor get the chance to know everything about this wonderful tree.

Nice tourist place of malappuram District u should visit this place if u r in nilambur. Here this teak museum. Is second visiting place after conollys plot in nilambur.

With its superiority among teak wood which is familiar in the surroundings, Nilambur teak has the right to speak about its nature, history and reasons for its supremacy. This museum speaks it well and is a nice experience with the butterfly park associated with it.

We stopped by Nilambur for a days break enroute a long journey. Had some time on hand and thought of seeing a couple of places listed on the places to see list. Teak museum was one of those and was a decent experience. It opens at 10.30 am. Entrance fees is 50 rupees for adults. Takes around 1/2 hour to 50 minutes to finish touring the museum depending on how interested you are. There is children's park and a curio shop inside the museum.

Good efforts.valuable knowledge about teak and teak history, so must visit and know the world of teak and nilabur teak history
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ചെറുപ്പം മുതലേ തേക്കുകൾ കണ്ടുവളർന്നതു കൊണ്ടു ഒരിക്കലും നിലംബൂർ തേക്ക് മ്യൂസിയം കാണാമെന്നു ആഗ്രഹിച്ചിട്ടുമില്ല. പലപ്പോഴും ഫേസ്ബുക്കിൽ വരുന്ന അങ്ങാടിപ്പുറം നിലമ്പൂർ ട്രെയിൻ യാത്ര ഒരു ഉൾവിളിയായി പിന്തുടരാൻ തുടങ്ങിയിട് ഏറെ ആയി നിലമ്പൂർ എത്തിയപ്പോൾ ഒരു നേരമ്പോക്കിന് കയറിയതാണ് തെക്ക് മ്യൂസിയത്തിൽ, രാവിലെ ആയതിനാൽ തീർത്തും തിരക്കില്ല കാഴ്ച്ചയിൽ ഒരു ഗുമ്മുമങ്ങു തോന്നണില്ല ക്യാഷ് പോയോ എന്നൊരു തോന്നലും പിന്നെ കാണാൻ പോകുന്നത് നമ്മുടെ പറമ്പിലുള്ള തേക്കിനെപ്പറ്റിയും ആഹ്. ഒരു ദീർഘ നിശ്വാസമെടുത്ത്തങ്ങു കയറി.
ധാരണകളെ തെറ്റിക്കുന്ന അനുഭവവും ചരിത്ര സ്നേഹവും ആണ് ഈ യാത്ര എനിക്ക് സമ്മാനിച്ചത് നമ്മുടെ പറമ്പിൽ വളരുന്ന തേക്ക് ഇത്രക്കും ഭീകരൻ ആയിരുന്നോ, തേക്കിന്റെ വിപണന മൂല്യവും പ്രൗഢിയും മനസിലാക്കിയ സായിപ്പുമാർ സുഗ്ന്ധദ്രവ്യങ്ങൾ കൊണ്ടുപോകും മുന്നേതന്നെ തേക്ക് നമ്മുടെ നാട്ടിൽ നിന്ന് കടൽ കടത്തിയിരിന്നു മലബാർ കളക്ടർ ആയിരുന്ന H V കനോലി സായിപ്പ് 1840 ൽ ആണ് ഈ തേക്ക് തോട്ടം പിടിപ്പിച്ചു നിലംബുരിനെ ചരിത്രത്തിൽ ഇടംപിടിപ്പിച്ചത്, മലബാറിനെയും കൊച്ചിയെയും ബന്ധിപ്പിക്കുന്ന കനാൽ പണിത അതെ സായിപ്പ് തന്നെ.
നിലബൂർ എന്നു പേരുവന്നത് മുളയുടെ നാട് എന്ന സംസ്‌കൃത പഥത്തിൽ നിന്നാണ് പക്ഷ ഇന്ന് നിലമ്പുർ തേക്കിന്റെ നാടാണ് അതും ലോകത്തിൽ തന്നെ എറ്റവും പ്രായംകൂടിയ തെക്കുള്ളതും പുരാതനമായ തേക്കും തോട്ടത്തിന്റെ പേരിലും വന്യ സുന്ദരമായ ഈ തോട്ടം ചാലിയാറിന്റെ കരയിലലാണ്, തേക്കിന്റെ വന്യമായ ഭംഗിയും പ്രകൃതിയുടെ തണലും കൂടി ആകുമ്പോൾ ചരിത്രം പഠിക്കാനും സൗഹൃദം പങ്കുവയ്ക്കാനും ഇവിടെ ഇടമുണ്ട് ഈ തേക്കുകളും തോട്ടവും നൽകിയ സംഭാവനയാണ് മ്യൂസിയം, തേക്കിന്റെ പരിപാലനവും വിപണന സാധ്യതകളും വിളവെടുപ്പും എല്ലാം ഇവിടെ പ്രതിപാദിക്കുന്നു, 1995 ൽ ആണ് ഈ മ്യൂസിയം സ്ഥാപിക്കപ്പെട്ടത് തേക്കിനെപ്പറ്റിയുള്ള അറിവുകൾ ഇതിലുപരിയായി പങ്കുവയ്ക്കാൻ നമ്മുടെ നാട്ടിൽ വേറെ ഒരിടവും ഉള്ളതായി അറിവും ഇല്ല. കൂടാതെ ചേർന്ന് സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്ന ശലഭ ഉദ്യനവും, ഓർക്കിഡുകളും, പായലും ഒക്കെ ആകുമ്പോൾ ഒരു കുളിര്മയാണ് തേക്കിനെ പഠിക്കാനും ചരിത്ര അറിവുകളുടെയും, യാത്രയുടെയും ഒരു സംഗമം ആണ്‌ തേക്ക് മ്യൂസിയവും, കാനോലി പ്ലോട്ടും. (തേക്ക് മ്യൂസിയവും കാനോലി പ്ലോട്ടും ഒരുമിച്ച് സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നതല്ലകെട്ടോ അടുത്തടുത്താണ് പക്ഷെ ഇതിനെ പിരിച്ചൊരു യാത്രവിവരണവും ചരിത്രവിസകലനും എളുപ്പമല്ല)

World's First museum dedicated to Teak wood. Situated 3 Kms near Nilambur Town towards ooty route. The well maintained garden and park in the compound is ideal for refreshing for kids and families.

Entrance fee is Rs 50 & Parking fee Rs 25. Recommended if you are coming with children. Children's playground is there.

Teak Museum is located 4 km from Nilambur, a town in the Malappuram district of Kerala, south India.

The museum, a two storey building, is the world's first teak museum and is operated by the Kerala Forest Research Institute. The exhibits include comprehensive information on aspects of the use of teak in their exhibits and articles on the subject.

The museum was established in 1995 on the campus of the centre of Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) because of the historical significance of teak to the area. The world's first teak plantation was planted in Nilambur in the 1840s by the British.

Nilambur is a small, off the main tourist route town in Kerala. Teak museum keeps coming as a place to visit as it is one of the few places in this nowhere place. This time I gave it a go an we ended up spending more than two hours.

The main museum building is fairly loaded with all kind of information about team. Though there is lot to desire compared to best of the museums in the world, but finding it in Nilambur was good surprise. The displays surely could have been better, well maintained and not the fake concrete. However, the information was fine.

The best part is the garden outside. Again, if one can ignore the concrete frogs and leopards etc.the actual vegetation is fairly enriched with variety and information, at least for a person who has no idea of botany, but is curious about things. We also saw lot of kids and families having good time in the garden.
It could be a relaxing evening out.

Teak Museum is located 4 km from Nilambur, a town in the Malappuram district of Kerala, south India. Teak occurs naturally in India with the main teak forests found in Kerala.

The museum, a two storey building, is the world's first teak museum and is operated by the Kerala Forest Research Institute. The exhibits include comprehensive information on aspects of the use of teak in their exhibits and articles on the subject. The museum provides extensive information of value historically, artistically and scientifically.

The museum was established in 1995 on the campus of the centre of Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) because of the historical significance of teak to the area. The world's first teak plantation was planted in Nilambur in the 1840s by the British.

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I am from Aligarh Muslim University Malappuram centre, I have visited there with my mates and junior on 23rd of August (2nd day of Bakra Eid), it is advisable to visit with your family but not with your mates as only garden is there.
It is also a good place for the botany student or for those who are so much interested in flaura as lots of species of plants are there.

The nearest railway station is nilambur road railway station which is approximately 5 km far away from there.

One can get bamboo's handicrafts of various type for house and office decoration that can be accessible just in front of entry gate of teak museum, nilambur.

It was a fabulous place, good for kids as well to understand how the age of a tree is calculated seeing the inner rings of a tree. Various furnitures which are done with teak wood are exhibited with some description. Nearly 40 types of butterflies and bees Skelton are also exhibited in the museum. Place is well maintained and entrance fee is 40Rs per person (kids above age of 5). Please make sure to visit the place before 4 PM in the evening, so as to get enough time to walk around the complete museum. Closing time is 5PM everyday.

What a place ️
Well maintained, highly informative, and a beautiful landscape at nilambur.
Perfect Destination for a day trip.
Ticket Cost is 40/Person, 15/Children and 20/DSLR or Videography.
Far better than Rose Garden in Ooty.
This has variety of flowers and trees. Filled with different butterflies.

Over 100 very Tall Teak Trees.artificially created by Mr Canoli during the colonial era.

Also has one of the Tallest Teak Trees in Kerala.

The Trees are safe.it can only be seen after crossing one of the longest hanging Bridge in Kerala!

Good nice place. Winter will be the best place to visit here.no good hotels in immediate vicinity.there are more attractions nearby this museum.

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I have visited here two time