Bay Island Driftwood Museum

The Bay Island Driftwood Museum- a fascinating museum exhibiting driftwood artifacts of outstanding artistic quality, crafted using a rare and innovative form of modern art, is located in the rural village of Kumarakom near Kottayam. A sightseer would find a variety of root sculptures there in varying designs and shapes. This is a popular destination for those interested in this rare and innovative form of art. Also, the community of people who see this art form as the one which instills the qualities of ideation, creativity, uniqueness, and endeavor to produce useful compositions out of materials generally considered garbage is the real audience of this museum.

History
A dynamic lady school teacher in the Andaman & Nicobar archipelago who used to pick up pieces of driftwood deposited by the sea on the shores is the mastermind behind this awe-inspiring museum. She often collected driftwood that comprised of twisted tree trunks, stumps, roots, etc. She knew that these had the possibility of modification into sculptures with minimal effort.
Having endured vast distances in the sea, a tree’s toughest part is what remains and gets deposited on the shores. She used to cleanse those picked-up pieces and remove crumbled parts, and then transform those into the shape she imagines.

Visiting Hours: 10.00 am- 15.00 pm, Open on all days except on Mondays and national holidays.
Entry: Restricted by Pass
Getting there
Nearest railway station: Kottayam, about 16 km
Nearest airport: Cochin International Airport, about 94 km