National Folk Heritage Museum
National Folk Heritage Museum
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Charles_and_Susan
Nottingham, UK7,678 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
There are buildings and artefacts collected from around the country. Each building shows the was it was occupied and what happened there.
There was a demonstration going on when we were there showing how local alcohol was produced. They were selling the resulting liquor in small plastic bottles very cheaply!
There was a demonstration going on when we were there showing how local alcohol was produced. They were selling the resulting liquor in small plastic bottles very cheaply!
Written 28 December 2023
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AZCasualTraveler
Mesa, AZ2,437 contributions
Nov 2019
The National Folk Heritage Museum is located only a few minutes from Thimphu city center. This "Museum" is not your typical one (a building housing artifacts from the past). I would call this Museum a "Living History Museum", which is defined as a Museum that actually recreates historical settings of past time periods - the conditions, culture and natural environment of the past. In the case of the National Folk Heritage Museum, the Museum building itself is more than 150 years old residence and the surrounding area is a very good simulation of what life was like during that time period.
The entrance to the "Museum" or old historic home opens into a courtyard where fire wood, farming equipment and grain is stored. This courtyard also contains a stone oven for burning incense and wooden mortars for pounding rice. The Museum second floor level was used mainly for storage of grain and food items. The Museum (top) third floor level was the living, dining and sleeping areas.
Interesting to visit an actual 150 year old residence that has now been restored to become the "National Folk Heritage Museum", which the Bhutan government is wanting to preserve the old Bhutanese heritage and rural life from the past.
The entrance to the "Museum" or old historic home opens into a courtyard where fire wood, farming equipment and grain is stored. This courtyard also contains a stone oven for burning incense and wooden mortars for pounding rice. The Museum second floor level was used mainly for storage of grain and food items. The Museum (top) third floor level was the living, dining and sleeping areas.
Interesting to visit an actual 150 year old residence that has now been restored to become the "National Folk Heritage Museum", which the Bhutan government is wanting to preserve the old Bhutanese heritage and rural life from the past.
Written 15 May 2020
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Charlie B
Brompton, UK604 contributions
Nov 2015 • Couples
We found this to be a vey interesting tourist attraction. It is possible to wander into the various classes whilst student are being taught practical professional skills in wood carving, art, embroidery, sculpture. When you see the detailed work that goes behind the production of the art pieces that are on sale in the various handicraft shops it makes you even more appreciative. There is an attached shop where it is possible to purchase products of the students' work. We found this a very informative attraction.
Written 19 November 2015
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ashish
Bengaluru, India289 contributions
May 2023 • Family
Decent place to spend an hour and learn about life in villages of Bhutan. Not much different than Indian villages. You can buy roasted rice and traditional wine inside, albeit fairly expensive. Ticket 100/- for adults. Having a Guide to explain things will help.
Written 2 January 2024
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Suchaita
32 contributions
Dec 2024 • Family
The museum is located in a traditional style Bhutanese home, which is rare in Thimphu. Each floor of the museum/house represents a different purpose in accordance with traditional norms. For instance, the ground floor is a cattle shelter, the top most one for cattle feed and to here are different rooms across the house, which have various artefacts including a smoke oven. We got a chance to try our hand at archery and a traditional game of darts, which were fun. We also picked up a couple of interesting books at the bookstore. If you are lucky, you might get to see some traditional dances or cultural activities. There is also a place to buy traditional roasted rice and wine within the museum. But overall, the value for money was not very high.
Written 26 December 2024
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Sanjeev Goyal
Sirsa, India114 contributions
Jun 2019 • Family
Place,where you see young artists stitching,painting,carving,sculpting etc etc.Once you see the hard work involved,you will not bargain while you buy these
Written 10 June 2019
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Rob M
Thimphu, Bhutan15 contributions
Mar 2015
A very worthwhile place to visit. Interesting and informative. Also has the best Bhutanese found I found anywhere.
Written 21 August 2015
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sonudugar
38 contributions
Aug 2019 • Family
The museum shows the village life . The traditional farm equipment and vessels are on display in a hut like setting.
There is a four storey hut constructed to show the layout of a traditional home. how people cooked, stored grains, how animals were kept and so on.
there's local wine for sale.
depends on people's tastes as to what they enjoy.
There is a four storey hut constructed to show the layout of a traditional home. how people cooked, stored grains, how animals were kept and so on.
there's local wine for sale.
depends on people's tastes as to what they enjoy.
Written 21 August 2019
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Saurabh Gupta
Mumbai, India193 contributions
Jun 2019 • Family
I will rank this about Simply Bhutan, as this museum is elaborate and offers a walk thru of tranditional bhutanese life style. The old house is well maintained and helps understand Bhuntanese thought process on developing self sustained ecosystem.
Written 23 June 2019
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TinWS
Roseville, California35 contributions
May 2019 • Friends
This is an interesting place to see Bhutanese folk heritage. Due to time constraint, we did not spend a lot of time there as we approach the end of the day.
Written 27 May 2019
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Hi, Can you tell me the exact address of this museum. It is difficult to find its address on the google map. Thank you so much.
Written 18 June 2015
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