Tata Tea Museum In Munnar

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Situated amidst the lush green tea plantations of Munnar, the Tata Tea Museum in Munnaris an exemplary of the growth and development of tea plantations in India which had set Munnar as a major tea plantations area in terms of the quality and quality it nourishes in its surrounding. The museum is a product of the imagination of Tata's to salute the vision and diligence of people who transformed Munnar into a King of tea plantations.

Tata Tea Museum in Munnar


Location:

The beautiful museum is located at the Nallahthanni Estate of Tata Tea, Munnar, Kerala.

Reason for the establishment of the museum:

The museum pays a tribute to the cumulative force of people who worked selflessly for the promotion and development of tea plantations in Munnar. Tata organized a collective idea to praise and applaud the toils of the workers and the governing body who worked fastidiously to gift Munnar a beautiful belt of exclusive tea plantations. The museum showcases the growth of tea plantations from the rudimentary state to a level of fully blossomed tea culture. The pioneering effort to appreciate and trace the history of tea culture and environment in Munnar manifest the transgression of a city from the realms of darkness to the era of popularity. The art invented by Britishers excelled on the grounds of their biggest colony.

Features of the museum:

It displays in a row, a chain of technical developments in the tea plantation culture and business in Munnar, following is the list:
  • Obsolete and outdated tea roller.
  • A sundial which welcomes the visitors at the facade of the museum which was invented in the year 1913 in Tamil Nadu at Art Industrial School at Nazareth.
  • A burial Urn from the 2 century BC disorients the visitor from the abyss of time and space.
  • The original tea roller.
  • Rotorvane, which dates back to 1905, employed by the processing unit of CTC.
  • The Pelton Wheel which was employed by the power generating unit of Kanniamallay estate, dated back to 1920's.
  • A rustic looking rain engine belonging to the Kundale Valley Light Railway.
Features Of The Museum


A decoration of articles:

The museum has devoted a section to the collection of items like:

  • Classic bunglow furniture
  • Typewriters
  • Wooden bathtub
  • Magneto phone
  • Iron oven
  • Manual calculators
  • EPABX belonging to the group of 1909telephone system.
A Decoration Of Articles


Savor the flavors of tea in a secluded room:

A room has been designed for the unit of tea tasting. People interesting in learning and acknowledging the processing of the golden tea can entertain themselves in the CTC and orthodox tea manufacturing unit of the museum.

Entry fee: Adults- 50 Rs. and children below 12- Rs.10.

Timings for the visit to the museum: 10:00am to 05:00pm, seven days a week.

Address: Tata Tea Museum
Nalluthanni Estate
Munnar, Idukki district.