In 1935, Vallathol rented a house in Cheruthuruthy and moved into it with his family. Kerala kalamandalam in the 70’s proposed to purchase that house and convert it to a museum. Vallathol house was taken over by government and handed over to kalamandalam. However the project was delayed unduly. Hence a makeshift museum was set up in the ground floor of the main office of the kalamandalam building at Cheruthuruthy. The house has been converted into Vallathol museum which exhibits among others the precious manuscripts, gifts which the poet receieved from various countries, the different dresses he used on various occations, photographs of Vallathol with luminaries from all over the world and the audio-version of his select poems. The museum-building has been renovated and the display has been redesigned with architectural guidance from kaladhwani, a firm operating in New Delhi. The museum displayed the personal artefacts of mahakavi Vallathol, his portraits at various ages, books, diaries, his handwritten notes, some old kathakali costumes and awards received by kalamandalam. In 1985, Kerala government purchased the house for rupees 1 lakh and sixty thousand rupees. From 1985 to 1988 the vallathol house remains unused. One gatekeeper and one sweeper had appointed. From the early days of 1988, the conversion of Vallathol house into museum started in a very slow manner. It was only in april 1988 that the museum was formally declared by the erstwhile minister of culture. Since 1985, the museum has become an important cultural site, visited by hundreds of schools, regional, national and international members of the public as well. It is indeed a tribute to kalamandalam’s founder, mahakavi Sri Vallathol Narayana Menon. A visit to Vallathol museum has now become a cultural pilgrimage.