Entry Fee for Tea Museum in Munnar

Tea Museum Munnar Entry Fee & Ticket Price (2026)

One ticket covers the museum, the exhibits and the documentary show. The camera charge and the tea-tasting session are the only extras. Here is the full price list.

The Indian adult ticket is the one most visitors buy, and it is genuinely cheap for what you get: a working demonstration of how leaf becomes the tea in your cup. Foreign nationals pay a little more, which goes toward the museum's upkeep. There is no separate weekend or holiday rate. Fees are revised by the estate from time to time, so treat the counter price as final if it differs by a few rupees.

Timings and Which Day the Tea Museum Is Closed

The Tea Museum is open 10 am to 4 pm, with last entry around 3:30 pm, and it is closed on Mondays and on Good Friday. This is the single detail travellers get wrong most often, because a few blogs still list it as open daily. Turning up on a Monday means a locked gate, so build your Munnar sightseeing around it. Give yourself about 1 to 2 hours inside. Mornings are quieter and easier for reading the panels and watching the demonstrations without a crowd. For the standalone hours page, see the Tea Museum timings guide.

Tea Museum, Tata Tea Factory, KDHP or Ripple: Is It the Same Place?

Searching for the Tata Tea Museum, the KDHP tea factory, the Kannan Devan tea museum or the Ripple tea factory? They all point to the same building. The museum sits on the Nullatanni Estate managed by Kannan Devan Hills Plantations (KDHP), the company Tata Tea handed its Munnar estates to in 2005. Locals often call it the tea factory or the tea garden, and travel sites list it as the Tata Tea Museum. One estate, one ticket. Whichever name brought you here, the Rs 75 fee and the 10 am to 4 pm timings on this page are the ones you need.

What You See Inside

The visit walks you through the story of tea in the Munnar hills, from the first plantings in the 1880s to the fully mechanised process today. The ticket covers three things.

• Working and vintage machinery: the antique machinery, including the original tea roller and a 1905 tea-leaf drier still on display.

• The heritage gallery: old photographs, plantation tools, the 'Pelton wheel' and a sundial that map out the Kannan Devan story.

• The documentary show: a roughly 30-minute film on how tea is grown, plucked and processed, screened at about 10 am and 2 pm.

Time your visit near a show slot so you catch the film without waiting. The tea-tasting counter at the end is optional and charged separately, but it is the part most first-timers enjoy most. It suits families, students, couples and anyone curious about what actually happens between the bush and the cup.

How to Reach the Tea Museum in Munnar

The museum is about 4 km from Munnar town and the KSRTC bus stand, an easy 10 to 15 minute drive uphill toward the Nullatanni Estate. Autos and taxis run there through the day, and most Munnar sightseeing routes pass close by. The nearest airport is Cochin International (COK), roughly 110 km and 3.5 to 4 hours away by road, and the nearest railhead is Aluva. If you are driving in from town, head out on the Nullatanni road and follow the signs for the KDHP / Tata Tea Museum. Parking is available on site.

Best Time to Visit

The museum itself is an indoor, all-weather stop, so any day it is open works. The wider Munnar season peaks from November to March, when the hills are cool and clear and the plantations look their best on the drive up. If you can, come on a weekday morning to beat both the tour buses and the afternoon mist. Planning the rest of the trip? Start with the Munnar travel guide.

Planning a Munnar Trip?

Once the Tea Museum is on your list, it slots neatly into a wider Munnar itinerary alongside the tea gardens, Mattupetty Dam and Eravikulam. If you would rather have the hotels, cab and sightseeing sorted for you, browse our Kerala Munnar tour packages and customise a plan to fit your dates and budget.