₹15-Crore Expansion Planned for Kottayam’s Museum of Letters

Rapid Summary

• The Museum of Letters and Literature in Kottayam, Kerala, is set for meaningful expansion under the Department of Cooperation.
• Administrative sanction has been granted for phases 2, 3, and 4 of the facility at Nattakom, financed by ₹14.98 crore from the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB).
• Upcoming features include galleries showcasing Indian and world languages/scripts evolution, Malayalam literature history (poetry to prose), scientific writing, digitisation labs, conservation units, AV studios, children’s park, rare first-edition archives/library complex.
• Additional initiatives include short-term programmes in epigraphy, museology conservation studies as well advanced tools digitising corner(search indexing ideas interactive planned classrooms agile tech strategy incorporating).

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