International Mountain Museum of Pokhara:

International mountain museum is one of the pride of the Pokhara valley. The International mountain museum is the biggest in the Pokhara valley and in Nepal too. International mountain museum was established in February5,2004 in birauta near to airport. The main purpose of opening a museum in Pokhara is to enhance and promote the tourism industry in Pokhara and also to make this museum, a good source of information. Museums should be the centre of learning and information. Museums should be the centre of learning and information. International mountain museum has played an important role in preserving and promoting the Nepalese history and culture.
The surrounding environment of International mountain museum is cool and fresh. The International mountain museum lies in southern part of Pokhara valley near Himalayan eye hospital. The museum has got many categories for the viewers. They are the gallery of mountain people, gallery of mountains of the world, gallery of world mountain activities, periodic gallery of guest exhibits and soon there will be many halls and rooms for the viewers like library, conference halls and entertainment. The museum has taken a big space. The museum was named as "International Mountain Museum" specially to produce support from different countries or internationally. At first, NMA(Nepal Mountaineering Association) had many choices for the location where to make the museum. The museum was planned to be constructed in Nuwakot at Kakani. But after long discussion and consideration, Pokhara was choosed for the construction of international mountain museum. The international mountain museum has got an outstanding and attractive look. From this museum, many schools and colleges will get many useful information related to mountains and Himalayas. They also can get information related to mountaineering past history. As the name, International mountain museum, there were the tools and the things related to mountaineering at first, but now the area is increasing slowly. Now, other facilities like exhibition, publication, seminar for research, trade-fairs are also slowly increasing with the support of government, international support and local support. This international mountain museum has played a vital role in highlighting Pokhara as a perfect tourist destination for many tourists. As Pokhara is already a popular tourist destination, international mountain museum has highlighted further . As Nepal is famous for Himalayas, there are many Himalayas in the northern part of Nepal and the highest peak of the world Mt.Everest(8848m) is also located in Nepal. So, the establishment of International Mountain Museum is very reliable and good to generate international support.