More than 75,000 people have visited the Gorkha Palace Museum in the last seven months. The museum, which is being developed as a center for studying Nepal’s unification history, has drawn both domestic and international visitors.

From mid-July 2024 to mid-February 2025, a total of 75,791 visitors explored the museum, according to Jaya Narayan Karki, the museum’s chief. Among them, students made up the largest group, as many visit during educational tours.

"The Gorkha Durbar Museum provides an opportunity to understand and study Nepal’s unification history," said Karki. "Students from various districts come here as part of their educational excursions."

The museum has also attracted tourists from SAARC nations and other countries. According to Karki, since mid-July, 43,848 students have visited the museum, along with 30,704 domestic tourists, 1,166 foreign tourists from non-SAARC countries, and 73 tourists from SAARC nations.

Visitors to the museum can study the history of the Shah dynasty, including Prithvi Narayan Shah, the unifier of Nepal. The museum showcases Prithvi Narayan Shah’s memorabilia, utensils, weapons, and various artistic materials. Additional attractions include the three-sided window, intricately carved wooden blocks (tundals), and a 16-story artistic verandah adorned with woodwork.

The museum features 12 exhibition rooms, displaying dummies representing the culture and traditions of different ethnic groups, a divine sermon room, a genealogy room, and a religious tradition room. The Gorkha Palace Museum has been open to the public since 2008.