MuseumKathmandu
National Museum of Nepal (Chhauni)
Nepal's oldest museum — sculpture, bronzes, and arms in a Rana-era building below Swayambhu.
About this place
MuseumKathmandu
Summary
Nepal's oldest and largest museum, set in a former Rana arsenal at Chhauni near Swayambhu — galleries of stone sculpture, bronzes, thangkas, weapons, and a natural-history section. Unpolished but rewarding; pair it with Swayambhu just up the road.
Skip if
Skip if you only have time for the Patan Museum — that one is better curated.