Kathmandu, April 10

A team of the Delegated Management and Government Assurance Committee of the National Assembly yesterday made an inspection visit to Narayanhiti Museum in the capital and pointed out the need to conserve it.

The museum houses several artefacts, historical photos and belongings of the late king Birendra and his ancestors. The team led by the committee Chair Ram Narayan Bidari inspected chambers, library, throne and stable inside the palace-turned-museum spreads over 753 ropani land.

Bidari spoke of the need to preserve artefacts and other materials in the museum. He said the museum had many objects that were yet to be put on display.

He said several articles used by former kings needed to be adequately preserved.

The committee found that 18,000 books in the museum’s library were in a sorry state. No pesticides had been used to preserve the books kept in the study room of former kings, according to the Museum Chief Adwet Prakash Shrestha.

Shrestha said the government was repeatedly requested to do the needful, but to no avail.

Shrestha added that the museum had so far collected over Rs 230 million in revenue since it was opened for the public in 2009.