The Folk Heritage Museum, Thimphu occupies an important place among the museums of Thimpu. The displays in the museum provide you with a complete picture traditional rural lifestyle of the people of Bhutan. At The Folk Heritage Museum, Thimphu, you will get a glimpse of how the rural people of Bhutan live in the their homes built in the traditional style as well as come to know about their way of living, the rituals practiced by the people of the countryside their art and crafts as well as about the folk dances.
The Folk Heritage Museum, Thimphu was inaugurated on 28th July in the year 2001 by the Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk who is also the founder and the patron. The building of the museum is a major exhibit. Built in the traditional house of the villages, it is mud and timber house which resembles the typical house of the Wang area in the 19th century.
On the top floor of the museum you will be able to see the pottery objects used in the country house hold and other tools and equipment which find use in the day to day living in a rural home. The house hold pots displayed at The Folk Heritage Museum, Thimphu reveal the master craftsmanship of the potters. The traditional rituals practiced by the rural people are also exhibited here. The museum holds educational program for the children also.
The Folk Heritage Museum, Thimphu is nestled in a rural setting. At the museum premises you will find cultivation fields of the paddy, wheat, millet. A watermill, gardens with vegetable and the traditional hot stone bath complete the picture. You will also view the traditional way of extracting oil, brewing Ara and roasting rice at the museum. Besides, you can also relish over the buffer lunch and dinner with a host of traditional Bhutanese food at the museum and have taste of rural Bhutanese cuisines.
The Folk Heritage Museum, Thimphu can be easily accessed from all points of the city and is major tourist attraction in Thimphu. Your Thimphu travel will remain incomplete without visiting this unique museum.
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