The Patan Museum 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
Patan,
Lalitpur,
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 ...
. The museum falls under the
UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. The Patan Museum was inaugurated in 1997 by Late
King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah. The Patan Museum displays the traditional sacred arts of Nepal in an illustrious architectural setting. Its home is an old residential court of
Patan Durbar, one of the royal palaces of former
Malla Kings
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;Bolivia
*Malla, Bolivia, a locality
*Malla Jawira, a river
* Malla Jaqhi, a mountain
*Malla Municipality
*Malla Qullu, a mountain
;India
* Mallapuram, Tamil Nadu
*Malla (tribe), an ancient republic, one of the sixte ...
of the
Kathmandu Valley
The Kathmandu Valley ( ne, काठमाडौं उपत्यका; also known as the Nepal Valley or Nepa Valley ( ne, नेपाः उपत्यका, Nepal Bhasa: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑑅 𑐐𑐵𑑅, नेपाः गाः)), ...
. The royal palace was built in 1734, on the site of a Buddhist monastery. The museum quadrangle is known as Keshav Narayan Chowk.
Present
Patan Durbar Square was heavily damaged by the
earthquake in April 2015.
Former International Artists in Residence include Nancy Condon, Jessica Melville-Brown, and Joy Lynn Davis.
The current chairman of the Board of Directors is Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, from the
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation,
Singh Durbar, Kathmandu.
The entrance fees are 1000
Nepalese rupee
The Nepalese rupee ( ne, रुपैयाँ; symbol: रु; code: NPR) is the official currency of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The Nepalese rupee is subdivided into 100 ''paisa''. The issuance of the currency is controlled by t ...
s for foreign visitors, 250 for
SAARC
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visitors, 30 for Nepali visitors, and 15 for Nepalese students (with identification).
Collection
The Patan Museum's mission is "the interpretation of
Sacred Art
Religious art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual. Sacred art involves the ritual and cultic practices and practical and operative aspects of the path of the spiritu ...
, Culture and
Iconography
Iconography, as a branch of art history, studies the identification, description and interpretation of the content of images: the subjects depicted, the particular compositions and details used to do so, and other elements that are distinct fro ...
of
Hinduism
Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...
and
Buddhism
Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...
through preservation and exhibition."
The museum's exhibits cover a long span of Nepal's cultural history. It has over 1,100 artifacts, about 200 of which are on permanent display.
Most of the objects are cast
bronzes (mostly sculptures of Hindu and Buddhist deities) and
gilt copper
repoussé work, traditional crafts for which Patan is famous.
Gallery
File:Indra, a Vedic God in Hinduism.jpg, alt=Indra, a Vedic God in Hinduism. Copper repoussé, gilt with semi-precious stones, 13th-14th century, in the Patan Museum., Indra
Indra (; Sanskrit: इन्द्र) is the king of the devas (god-like deities) and Svarga (heaven) in Hindu mythology. He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war. volumes/ref> I ...
, a Vedic God in Hinduism. Copper repoussé, gilt with semi-precious stones, 13th-14th century, in the Patan Museum.
File:14th century Lakshmi-Narayan Statue.jpg, Lakshmi-Narayan Statue, 14th century
File:Adinatha - Patan Museum, Nepal.jpg, Adinatha
Rishabhanatha, also ( sa, ऋषभदेव), Rishabhadeva, or Ikshvaku is the first (Supreme preacher) of Jainism and establisher of Ikshvaku dynasty. He was the first of twenty-four teachers in the present half-cycle of time in Jain ...
, Rajasthan, 16th century
File:Dipankar, the Buddha of fixed light 01.jpg, Dīpankara Buddha
Dipankara (Pali: ''Dīpaṅkara''; Sanskrit: ', "Lamp bearer") or Dipankara Buddha is one of the Buddhas of the past. He is said to have lived on Earth four asankheyyas and one hundred thousand kappas ago. According to some Buddhist or folk tr ...
File:Patan Durbar Square (50).JPG, Four faced Shivalinga
See also
*
List of museums in Nepal
This is a list of museums in Nepal.
Museums (General interest)
* National Museum of Nepal
* Bronze and Brass Museum
* Hanumandhoka Palace Complex
* Patan Museum
* Pujarimath Museum
* Kapilvastu Museum
* Children's Art Museum of Nepal
* Int ...
*
National Museum of Nepal
National Museum is the first museum that lies on the bottom level of Swayambhu, a holy hill of Kathmandu Valley. It occupies about 50 Ropani of land with different types of buildings, gardens, and opens space in its compound. Now it provides the s ...
*
Taragaon Museum
Notes
References
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External links
Patan Museum Official Website
Museums in Nepal
Patan Durbar Square
1997 establishments in Nepal
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