The Museum building is built in a spiral shape with 6 floors of galleries. The entrance is on the fourth floor. Signs inside point the way for the visitor to move through the exhibits. A floor plan map is also available inside the Museum.
National Museum Floor Plan and List of Exhibits
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6th Floor
- History of Stamps in Bhutan
- Historical Photographs of Dzongs
- Chapel of the Tree of Merit (Tshozhing Lhakhang)
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5th Floor
- Galleries of Medieval Bhutan (11th to 15th Century)
- Thangka Gallery
- Buddhist sculpture
- Slate carvings
- Chapel of the Wealth Deity (Namse Lhakhang)
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4th Floor
- Entrance
- Galleries of Pre-History and early history of
- Bhutan
- Life and Legacy of the “Treasure Finder”, Pema
- Lingpa,
- Costumes of Regional Dancers
- Manuscripts
- Images and Arms and Armour
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3rd Floor
- Galleries of ancient tea pots
- Wine containers
- Jewelry
- Numismatics
- Evolution of men’s and women’s traditional dress
- Tribal dresses and costumes for dance
- Amulets
- Wooden cups
- Personal artifacts of the unifier of Bhutan,
- Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel
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2nd Floor
- Natural History gallery
- Buddhist ritual objects
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1st Floor
- Woven cane and bamboo containers
- Farming appliances, urns, horn containers
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Ground Floor
- Galleries of ancient arms, urns, bronze and copper
- vessels
- Wooden containers
- Exit
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