The art gallery has on display works from the Mughal, Rajput, Bengal, Rajastani, and Tanjore schools of art. Other items of interest include miniatures from different parts of the world, reproductions of murals of
Ajanta,
Bagh,
Sigiriya, and Sittannavasal, and
manuscripts of archival importance. The gallery houses 400-year-old
Tanjore miniature paintings. Ravi Varma's rare pencil sketches are also displayed at the gallery. The palace originally handed over 70 Ravi Varma paintings but some of them are not on display at the art gallery due to space constraints. The Kerala government undertook the restoration of Ravi Varma paintings in 2005. Ravi Varma's masterpiece paintings
Shakuntala and
Damayanti Talking to a Swan are displayed at the gallery. In 2010, the gallery was closed for renovation as fire broke out due to a
short circuit. In 2013, some paintings of C. Raja Raja Varma were reported damaged due to moisture. Due to the space constraint, a new building was proposed for the gallery and foundation stone was laid in 1985, but the work did not progress. ==References==