Museums in Nepal

Discover 7 unusual museums in Nepal.

Nepali Folk Musical Instrument Museum

Kathmandu, Nepal

Nepali Folk Musical Instrument Museum

This secluded museum beats the drum for the preservation of Nepal's musical heritage.

Gurkha Memorial Museum

Gurkha Memorial Museum

This institution honors Nepal’s most storied warriors.

Grounds of the museum

Kathmandu, Nepal

Taragaon Museum

This Kathmandu museum, built in an Austrian modernist style, looks like a set from Star Wars.

Inside the Museum

International Mountain Museum

A museum with a window view of the Himalayas and an on-site climbing wall.

Kathmandu, Nepal

Apollo Lunar Sample Displays

Visitors to the National Museum of Nepal can moon over a set of well-traveled flags.

One of many beautiful dioramas.

Annapurna Natural History Museum Butterfly Collection

Feast your eyes upon hundreds of Nepal's native butterflies and moths.

Aircrafts Museum, housed within a disused plane

Dhangadhi, Nepal

Aircrafts Museum

Nepal's first aviation museum found a logical home in the most unexpected place.

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