A palm-leaf manuscripts museum being set up at the Archives department’s Central Archives here will be opened soon, Minister for Archives Ahammad Devarkovil has said.
He was speaking after inaugurating the Archives department’s projects for scientific conservation of records and preparation of reference media here on Wednesday.
The Archives department has a rich collection of over 1 crore palm-leaf manuscripts. The department, in association with the nodal agency for museums Kerala – Museum of History and Heritage, was establishing the palm-leaf manuscripts museum to display these rare records and communicate their importance to the public, the Minister said.
