INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAINEERING MUSEUM

Nepal is a tourists paradise nation which is rich in natural,historical & religious point of view.Nepal is a beautiful landlocked country where every peoples desire will be easily fulfilled.Because of nature,we have got all things.The tourists from all over the world come here in Nepal to have entertainment.The tourists are attracting towards Nepal especially by its religious & historical places,its natural beauty,rafting in Nepal's river,here's museums,etc.
Like other nation in the world,musuems of Nepal have given a lot of entertainment to tourists.Museums of Nepal is also a source of foreign currency.Simply,museum is a place where natural,historical ,religious ,cultural & scientific things are kept for fascinating people.Museum of Nepal have given entertainment to both internal & external tourists.The one of the desire of tourists here in Nepal is to visit here's museums.There are many museums in Nepal.But international mountaineering museum is one of the unique one.
International mountaineering museum, the Himalaya is the greatest mountain system in the world. It stretches 2400 km from east to west between Nanga Parbat and Namcha Barwa peaks. Most find such an immense range of mountains hard to envisage because the scale is beyond one's experience.

Cradled among the mountains in the central Himalaya with profusion of high peaks lies the kingdom of Nepal. Of the fourteen peaks in the world that exceed 8,000 meters no fewer than eight of them are in Nepal, including Mt. Everest the highest in the world.

The mystery of the unknown, sheer beauty of majestic peaks and above all, an urge to experience the challenge of climbing world's highest mountains have attracted thousands of climbers to the Himalayan slopes.

The first tentative steps towards Himalayan climbing were taken in 1920's, and several expedition teams were able to make important exploration and significant progress in climbing Mt. Everest, Nanga Parbat, K2, and Kanchenjunga. However, it was only after the opening of the Nepal Himalaya, followed by the successful ascents of the first peak over 8000m - Annapurna I by Maurice Herzog and Luis Lachenal in 1950 and Mt. Everest in 1953 by Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary, the mountaineering activities in the Himalaya started to gain wider popularity.

Land area:100 Ropanies (5.10 Hectares, 12.58 Acres)

Land purchase by NMA on : 4th Aug 1985, costs Nrs.12000.00 per Ropani

Foundation Stone : Laid on 1st Nov. 1995 by the Honb’l Minister for
Tourism Mr. Chakra Prasad Bastola

Soft Opening : On 29th May 2002 by the famous climbers
Ms. Junko Tabei and Mr. Appa Sherpa, graced by
Honb’l Minister for culture, tourism and civil aviation
Mr. Bal Bahadur K.C.

Grand Opening : 05th Feb 2004 by the Rt. Honb’l Prime Minister
Mr. Surya Bahadur Thapa

Plinth area of Building : 3110 Sq. Mt.

Total Display and facility area : 4250 Sq Mt