Visiting Patan Durbar Square Museum

Here are photos taken during our visit to the Patan Durbar Square when our friends from the Philippines came to visit Nepal last June. Our children were able to go inside the Patan Museum aside from seeing the temples all around.

In the Museum, we were educated about Hinduism with the display of their major gods and goddesses, as well as intricate architecture, and wood carvings, metal works, woodworks. There was also a section about Buddhism, where they displayed different looks of buddha as well as replicas of their Stupas (the Buddhists' main temples).

The way to the Museum

with our friends from Manila

The windows were designed purposely that way. It was told that the previous Kings, when they roam around the community and see beautiful girls inside the house, they take them as his wife. So the windows were designed this way for owners to see outside but those outside cannot easily see the inhabitants of the house inside.

Samantha with the view of the courtyard in the background

one of the beautiful niches

goddess of music, carved in wood

Doors (DHOKA) in Nepal are usually low. So we always see the sign, "Mind your head"

Metal works showing Nepalis' water vessels

The walkway on the 3rd floor is a narrow, cantilevered flooring supported by railings. Feels a bit scary? Notice how intricate the wood carvings are.

view of the courtyard from the 3rd floor of the Museum

Abbie and doting Tita Faith

Samantha's photography concept. She is an amateur birder, always fascinated by any bird, especially in Nepal.

Metalwork of a god mask showing unfinished (Left) and finished (right) work- with gold plating

Metalworks showing the evolution of a Buddha bust

Replica of Boudhanath Stupa, the largest Stupa in the world, protected by UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Wall wood carving relief, on the stairwell

Lovely bench! We posed for fotos later on this bench. Behind it is the Patan Museum Cafe