The Tharu Cultural Museum and Research Center is in the Tharu village of Bachhauli-6, Chitwan, Nepal. It aims to preserve the endangered Tharu Culture for the Local Tharu community. The museum will cater to tourists, students from local primary schools, and university students.
The Tharu Culture Museum offers visitors a glimpse of Tharu culture and traditions they perform that are fast disappearing in the Tharu community. The museum harbors a mosaic of cultural traditions of the Tharu people during the three periods of their lifecycle - pre-marital, marital and post marital. It offers visitors a unique opportunity to view existent Tharu community along the way to the museum, where the museum showcases culture and traditions as a replica. The museum will display a variety of materials and information illustrating tharu ornaments, dress, farming practices, fishing methods, housing, festivals, marriage and death ceremonies, traditional medicines, and household items.
