International Mountain Museum

The International Mountain Museum in Pokhara is devoted to the mountains of the world and the cultures and climbers associated with the Himalaya. Its large halls display equipment from landmark expeditions, models of major peaks, geology exhibits and galleries on the mountain peoples of Nepal. A relief map and a climbable model tower let visitors grasp Himalayan scale, while personal accounts trace high-altitude mountaineering. Set against the Annapurna range, the museum gathers in one place the science, adventure and human story of the.