Museum of household items set up in Khotang

By Raj Kumar Bhattarai, Khotang, Feb, 21: A cultural museum has been established in Khotang by collecting 200-year-old household items. 

The museum established in Jalapa of Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-12 has displayed more than 200 types of 200-year-old household items.     

Dan Bahdur Rai, the ward chairperson, said that the meeting hall of the erstwhile Jalapa Village Development Committee building has been turned into a cultural museum.  

Ward Chair Rai said that the museum has been established with the aim of collecting and preserving the historical materials used by the ancestors during their lifetime and informing the new generation about the ancient tools. 

He said that the endangered materials have been collected from the villages and kept in the museum. Other materials will also be added gradually, he added. 

Old household items that were in use 200 years ago can be seen in the museum. Each material has the user's name pasted on it as well as the name of the person who provided it. 

Rai said that the locals have provided historical materials free of cost for the museum. "The historical materials have been provided free of cost,” he said. 

Ward Chair Rai said, "These materials are our history and evidence to study history. We hope that the museum will make the village a suitable place for study, visit and observation and help in the promotion of tourism. 

A school in Kathmandu has already said that it would visit the museum on its educational tour.”