Teak Museum is located 4 km from Nilambur, a town in the

Malappuram district Malappuram (), is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . It is the most populous district of Kerala, which is home to around 13% of the to ...

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. Teak occurs naturally in India with the main teak forests found in Kerala. In the old administrative records of the

Madras Presidency The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the ...

, it is recorded that the most remarkable plantation owned by Government in the erstwhile

was the Teak plantation at Nilambur planted in 1844. The museum, a two-storey building, is the world's first

teak Teak (''Tectona grandis'') is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae. It is a large, deciduous tree that occurs in mixed hardwood forests. ''Tectona grandis'' has small, fragrant white flowers arranged in dense clusters (panicl ...

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 A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

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. Teak (Tectona grandis) flowers in Anantgiri, AP W2 IMG 8807

Teak (Tectona grandis) flowers in Anantgiri, AP W2 IMG 8807

Visiting Hours

Visitors are admitted from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm on all days except Monday which is a holiday. The nearest railway station is in Nilambur, about 3 km from the Teak Museum. The nearest airport is Karipur International Airport, about 36 km from

Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of including the surrounding suburban areas. The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarter ...

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Image Gallery

File:Nilambur Teak Garden.jpg, Teak Museum File:Nilambur Teak Garden.jpg, Nature Park File:Nilambur Teak Garden 3.jpg, Back of Museum File:Nilambur Teak Garden.2.jpg, Fourth Garden File:Nilambur Teak Garden.2.jpg, Inside the fourth park

External links

Kerala Forest Research Institute - Teak Museum - includes photos
Museums in Kerala Forestry museums in India Museums established in 1995 1995 establishments in Kerala Tourist attractions in Malappuram district {{India-museum-stub