The Patan Museum, a former palace of the late Malla dynasty of the Kathmandu Valley, was restored and adapted over a period of 15 years and completed in 1997 with professional and financial assistance from the Austrian Government. Set in one of the world's most beautiful squares, it was conceived not only to display a collection of artifacts as a showcase for the cultural legacy of Nepal but also to celebrate the Malla-period palace itself.Gotz Hagmuller, who directed the palace's transformation into a state-of-the-art museum, presents this process in narrative essays of exploration and discovery. From the outset, his intention was to create a museum within the cultural context of its collection as an integrated aesthetic whole. This synthesis of art and setting, emphasized by the project's main curator and cultural advisor Mary Shepherd Slusser, has resulted in one of South Asia's most attractive museums.

Patan Museum: The Transformation of a Royal Palace in Nepal

Gotz, Hagmuller

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Patan Museum: The Transformation of a Royal Palace in Nepal