Journal · Thimphu
Folk Heritage Museum
A farmhouse over 150 years old, now a museum of how rural Bhutanese families lived, cooked and stored their grain.
The story
The house is three storeys of rammed earth and timber, and once belonged to a local chief. The Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck opened it as a museum on 28 July 2001.
Look for
The kitchen, the tools for cooking and weighing, the grain stores and the old ways of keeping food. Climb the notched log ladder between floors, as in every farmhouse.
Before you go
It is in Kawajangsa, close to the Textile Academy and the arts school, so you can see all three in one morning.
Sources
Checked October 2026. Where sources disagree, we say so or leave the detail out. Opening times and rules change, so your guide confirms on the day.