Here rests the Bay Island Driftwood Museum at  Kumarakom , Kerala , the only one of it's kind in the country, having a unique synergy between natures art and extensive persuasive  imagination, that brings to you the beautiful sculptures of the passionate sea;  unsaid, unseen; touching your perception in it's own sole way.

The collections in the museum are from the serene beaches of the Islands, situated in Bay of Bengal. These islands are know as Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Bay Islands and hence the name Bay Island Driftwood Museum.

This museum, that displays, a unique collection of superior quality driftwood articles of very high artistic value, prepared through a rare and innovative modern art form, is functioning at  Kumarakom, a picturesque village in Kottayam district of Kerala, the South Western state of India, which is one of the most remarkable tourist spots in the country with it's enchanting scenic beauty of back waters. A visitor would find here a collection of root sculptures of various shapes and designs. They represent the collection of art works by Mrs. Raji Punnoose, a retired teacher.

  During her professional tenure in the tiny green islands of Bay of Bengal, she used to pick up pieces of driftwood deposited by the sea in the shores, comprising twisted tree trunks, stumps, roots, twigs etc, which had potential transformation to sculptures with marginal efforts. Every cyclone brought back many things to the shore as it washes away from it. Some of these wood pieces and roots were centuries old, and having drifted across the seas they became more resilient. Having traversed vast distances, what is left of a tree is its sturdiest part which has weathered much inclemency. The picked up pieces were cleansed, dead parts removed, scraped and trimmed to conform to the shape she had in mind. In the course of the process, it so happened, the Nature's original designs could come out more forcefully, evocatively and permanently. Many of these pieces resemble birds, animals, reptiles, amphibians and fishes. Shaping, scraping, seasoning, polishing, finishing and preserving are done with fierce dedication. The admirers and connoisseurs of this rare and innovative form of art frequent the Bay Island Driftwood Museum. The student community finds the art form adopted in the preparation of the exhibits in the museum interesting and educative as the museum inculcates in them the qualities of imagination, creativity, originality and initiation to produce useful articles out of materials normally considered waste.