The Hill Palace museum is located in Ernakulam, Kerala. This museum has a distinction of being the first heritage museum of Kerala. The Hill Palace museum houses the Royal collections of the erstwhile Maharaja of Kochi. It is the official residence of the Kochi royal family and the largest archaeological museum in Kerala. The Hill Palace complex comprises of 49 buildings, built in the traditional architectural style of Kerala, spread over 50 acres of beautifully landscaped land. Numerous species of flora including rare medicinal plants are grown here. Some prominent displays in the full-fledged Ethno-archaeological museum are oil paintings, murals, inscriptions, coins, stone sculptures and manuscripts, belongings of the Kochi royal family and royal furniture.

Other important exhibits at the Hill Palace museum are over 200 antique pieces of pottery and ceramic vases from China and Japan, Kudakkallu (tomb stone), menhirs, granite, Thoppikkallu (hood stone), laterite memorials, wooden temple models and rock cut weapons. The Hill palace museum also houses a gallery of contemporary art, which displays many items from the contemporary period.