The place is worth a visit for understanding and seeing the traditional lifestyle, systems of coins, utensils, metric system and art and culture. There are well marked exhibits ranging from domestic to art and religion. The place is renovated and new facilities are being opened up. The guides (all except the junior most one) were trying to push people fast through and did not like questions asked. Remember to not carry video cameras as the ticket is costly. Approach roads are not great and parking is a slightly messy. The locals generally ignore traffic rules and are a menace so drive carefully and remember you pay for everything.

We went there at around 10:45 am. It is very easy to locate. It's next the KSRTC bus depot, Nedumangad. It is almost a 30 min drive from the city. Approx 15 km from the city. You can spend around 1 hr. The palace is not so big, it is a nalukettu, but you can experience the traditional construction. The ticket charge is Rs20 and additional Rs 10 for camera. There are many new exhibits and there is a staff next to each to explain about those. You can see the cooking and household utensils used in those times in the ground floor. And in the first floor there are swords and arms, then art forms, various work forms etc. There is also a video being played ina display and chairs are put in for sitting and watching the video. There is a tunnel in one room, but we can just view it from there.