kathmandu

Museum-making in Nepal includes transforming existing spaces into museums as is the case in Itum Bahal Monastery. 

This study by Stefanie Lotter explored how, at sites of living heritage, the need for a museum and the need to use material objects in a monastic collection are negotiated. 

 

Itum Bahal, a 14th century Buddhist courtyard in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Kamal Ratna Tuladhar, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons