alappuzha alappuzha will soon get three museums in the heart of the town to tell you the story of the states golden fibre that spread keralas fame far and wide the three coir museums will be set up as part of alappuzha heritage project and the construction works of the museums cost rs 25 crore will begin in julythe first museum will be a living museum the idea of the living museum is to revive the existing factory and allow the visitors to experience the production process the journey is made experiential and informative by the use of info panels graphics audio visuals and other mediums the visitors especially tourists can watch how coir goods are being produced in traditional way in kerala the first museum will be set up as part of new model coir mats and mattings cooperative societythe second museumthe museum of coir history will be set up at kerala state coir corporation limited this museum will tell the people about the history of coir industry including the presence of european and indian companies in the industry the third museum christened the yarn museum at kerala state coir federation will give a clear picture about traditional making process of coir fibre coir yarn and coir goods former alappuzha district collector n padmakumar who is spearheading the alappuzha heritage project said that infrastructure kerala ltdinkel is the executing agency of the project and the construction works will be kicked off in july famous architect benny kuriakose is the consultant of the coir museum and he designed the museum projectthe objective of the coir museum is to create awareness and curiosity about alappuzhas coir industries the museum aims to create links between the historical significance of coir industries in alappuzha and the present status of coir production taking a parallel approach towards portraying both coir and alappuzhas history this project is a sincere initiative to convey the immense hardship effort manual labour and skills being put in the coir industry to the next generation our aim is to collect preserve and present the industrial heritage of alappuzha maintaining international standards for archival storage it will also act as a centre for research of coir and coir history said benny