The International Mountain Museum (INM) is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

located in

Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

History

The museum was inaugurated on 5 February 2004. During the years 2015-2016, visits to the museum dropped sharply, and its revenue also dropped by 50%, a direct consequence of the country's 2015 earthquakes. By 2019, 2.1 million tourists had visited the museum since its opening. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the museum closed in March 2020 and reopened in November 2020.

Description

More than 100,000 domestic and international tourists visit the International Mountain Museum (IMM) every year. IMM records, documents and exhibits the past and present developments related to mountain and mountaineering around the world. The museum contains three main exhibition halls: Hall of Great Himalayas, Hall of Fame and Hall of World Mountains. There are exhibits on famous peaks, descriptions of famous mountaineers, the culture and lifestyle of

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, flora subscribe and fauna including geology, in an attempt to represent the traditional culture and values of the Nepalese people."International Mountain Museum, Pokhara." ''Explorehimalaya.com, ''Explore Himalaya Tourism News, Trip Reports, Travel Guide & Photos. 13 Dec. 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. There is also an exhibition about the

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, an outdoors "living museum" dedicated to Nepal's indigenous tribes, and a 31-foot replica of Mt.

Manaslu Manaslu ( ne, मनास्लु, also known as Kutang; muh-NAA-slu) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Mana ...

. The museum runs under the direct supervision of Nepal's Department of Archeology.

Gallery

File:Dedicated to Mountaineers who lost their lives.jpg, A monument dedicated to mountaineers located at the museum File:Monument international mountain museum.jpg, A monument dedicated to mountaineers who lost their lives along the path to museum hall File:Rock climbing practice wall.jpg, Maurice Herzog Climbing Wall located at the museum File:International Mountain Museum (2010), Pokhara, Nepal-26.jpg, A

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Nepal leopard

References

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