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POKHARA
The International Mountain Museum at Pokhara Metropolitan City-17 has been opened since Tuesday. The museum has been closed for the past eight months due to the ban imposed by the government on March 26, 2008, to prevent the spread of coronavirus worldwide.
The Director of the museum, Shankar Gautam, said that 33 tourists visited the museum on the first day of its opening. According to him, the museum has been brought into operation by fully complying with the health standards including masks and sanitizers. Tickets for the museum are Rs 50 for students, Rs 100 for Nepalis, Rs 200 for SAARC, Rs 500 for foreign tourists and Rs 30 for gardens.
The museum houses materials that reflect the lives of people living in the mountains, as well as activities that have taken place on the world's peaks to date, mountains, the effects of climate change, rocks and wildlife.
Occupying an area of about four and a half ropanis, the museum building also displays important and historical aspects of mountaineering, trekking, snow hunting, hunting, research, human activities, collection of equipment and informative materials.
Stating that a replica of Manaslu Himal has been constructed on the outside of the museum spread over 100 ropanis of land purchased by the Nepal Mountaineering Association, Director Gautam said, "The Manaslu Model Study has become a separate attraction for the observers."
Director Gautam is confident that the museum will become an additional destination for domestic tourists who have come to Pokhara for a long time despite the Corona infection. Appropriate precautions have been taken for staff and observers.
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