Museums in Bhutan
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Punakha Dzong
Yebisa, Ha
People journey to Punakha Dzong not just to see a building, but to witness a myth made manifest, an impossibly grand for...
LUNANA VILLAGE
Thangza_Toenchoe, Ha
Lunana Village isn't your typical museum; it's a living, breathing community nestled in one of the most remote and highe...
Jakar Dzong བྱ་དཀར་རྫོང་།
Dawathang_Dorjibi_ Kashingtsawa, Ha
Perched on a ridge above the Jakar Valley, Jakar Dzong feels less like a museum and more like a living chronicle. Its st...
Jambay Lhakhang བྱམས་་པ་ལྷ་ཁང་།
Dawathang_Dorjibi_ Kashingtsawa, Bumthang
People come to Jambay Lhakhang not just to see an ancient temple, but to stand on a place of legend, one of 108 built by...
Simtokha Dzong
ཐིམ་ཕུ, Ha
Perched on a ridge just south of Thimphu, Simtokha Dzong feels more like a living sentinel than a static museum. Steppin...
Fine Arts & Crafts Bhutan
Kyichu, Paro
Tucked away just a short walk from the ancient Kyichu Lhakhang in Paro, this isn't your typical museum. It feels more li...
Simply Bhutan
ཐིམ་ཕུ, Thimphu
People don't just come to Simply Bhutan to see artifacts behind glass; they come to feel like they've stepped directly i...
Taa-Dzong བལྟ་རྫོང་།
Bagochen Boolingpang Ueling, Ha
Perched high above the Mangde Chu valley, the Taa-Dzong in Trongsa commands a view that once controlled the entire east-...
Bhutan Postal Museum
ཐིམ་ཕུ, Thimphu
Tucked away inside Thimphu's main post office, this little museum is a delightful surprise. You don't need to be a phila...
Ta Dzong
Bagochen Boolingpang Ueling, Paro
People don't just come to Ta Dzong for the art; they come for the journey. You climb a winding path to a 17th-century wa...
Royal Textile Academy རྒྱལ་འཛིན་ཐག་རིག་སློབ་སྡེ།
ཐིམ་ཕུ, Chhukha
You won't find another place like this; it's a vibrant temple dedicated entirely to the art of Bhutanese weaving. The co...
Chamkhar Town
Dawathang_Dorjibi_ Kashingtsawa, Bumthang
You'll find the Chamkhar Town museum tucked away just off the Bumthang Highway in Jakar, more a living part of the town ...
Wangsisichum Heritage Home
ཐིམ་ཕུ, Ha
Tucked away on the road from Thimphu to Bumthang, the Wangsisichum Heritage Home feels less like a formal museum and mor...