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Sight Address : Everest Museum is Lebong Cart Road Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, India.Edit

Detail InformationEdit

Everest Museum is the closest you will get to the Mountaineering Equipment used by great mountaineers who have successfully scaled and submitted the Mount Everest. The Museum showcases interesting memorabilia and photos of all those who braved the climb of the Mount Everest. It is an interesting display of the several mountaineers of India and their mountaineering gear such as the Climbing tools and equipment; technical clothing; head gear; and camping gear and so on. The Museum attracts all those curious tourists who have always wondered about the mountaineering gear that is required to be worn by the mountaineers at such high altitudes. Darjeeling is popularly known as the Paradise of the East with snow clad mountains, the spectacular view of the sunrise and the sacred monasteries that make the place a preferred destination of the tourists. Darjeeling is well known for its tea industry and eco-tourism. Through the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Zoo the Everest Museum and Mountaineering Museum are entered. The zoo and the two museums are run by the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, which trains mountaineers. The Everest museum is located next door. This museum traces the past of attempts to climb the Everest. Sherpa Denzing Norbay, who conquered Mount Everest along with Edmund Hillary, was the director of the institute. He died in 1896. His statue is standing near his cremation spot. The mountaineering museum has a impressive collection of historical mountaineering equipment, specimens of Himalayan flora and fauna, and a relief model of the Himalayas.
HMI has the oldest mountaineering Museum of the country which was established in 1957. It serves as a center of educational research on mountaineering activities both for the trainees and research scholars.It has a rich collection of models, paintings, sculpture, photographs, manuscripts, autographs, books, and mountaineering equipment belonging to famous mountaineers, dresses and other cultural belonging of hill folk. It has two sections i.e. the Main museum and Everest museum. The Everest section gives chronological history of attempts on Mt. Everest starting from 1852 when peak XV on survey of India Map was found by Mr. Radhanath Sikdhar as world’s highest peak and named after Sir George Everest, the then survey General of India. HMI provides an excellent administration to its trainees during their stay at HMI. The effort is always on to further improve the quality of life and of training at HMI.Tracing the history of attempts made to scale and summit the mighty Mount Everest – the highest Mountain in the world at 29, 029 feet above sea level – is the Everest Museum at 7000 feet altitude at the Lebong Cart Road on Jawahar Parbat – which is just 2 kilometres northeast of the Darjeeling Chowrasta.

Everest Museum.in Darjeeling

HistoryEdit

Everest Museum is oldest mountaineering Museum of the country which was established by HMI in 1957. it serves as a centre of educational and research on mountaineering activity both for the trainees and research scholars. It has a rich collection of models, paintings, sculpture, photographs, manuscript, autographs, books, mountaineering equipment belonging to famous mountaineers, dresses and other cultural belongings of hill folk. It has two sections i.e. the Main Museum and Everest Museum. The Everest section gives chronological history of attempts on Mt. Everest starting from 1852 when peak XV on survey of India Map was found by Mr. Radhanath Sikdhar as world’s highest peak and name after Sir George Everest the then survey General of India.

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Visiting TimeEdit

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Closed OnEdit

Tuesday

Best Season to VisitEdit

Winter (December to January)
Spring (February to March)
Summer (April to June)
Autumn (September to November)

Best Time To VisitEdit

Morning , Afternoon .

Time Required for SightseeingEdit

3 hours

Ticket Required : Yes Edit

Individual National Adult Rs. : Rs.40 per person

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How to ReachEdit

Taxi : Intra-city transport is mostly by hired taxis. The private taxis or cars are essentially of two types – small cars like Maruti Vans or Santros, and large ones like Scorpio, Tata Sumo etc. While you can always take a private taxi/car from outside the station or airport, negotiate the rates and move for Darjeeling, it is always advisable to take one from the Pre-Paid taxi counters located inside the station and the airport.

Bus : You will get buses only from the Tenzing Norgay Central Bus Terminus located on Hill Cart Road in Siliguri. It is about 8kms from NJP station. The usual route is by Hill Cart Road and the travel duration is about 4 hours. Bus fare from Siliguri to Darjeeling Via Hill Cart Road: Rs. 50.00 per person Bus fare from Siliguri to Darjeeling Via Mongpu: Rs. 80.00 per person. The Mongpu route is taken in case the Hill Cart Road is closed. After getting down at the bus stop, you can take an auto-rickshaw, or hire a taxi to reach the destination within the city.

Train : New Jalpaiguri is the nearest major railway station. New Jalpaiguri is well connected to major Indian cities, especially Kolkata. The diesel engine hauled toy train leaves NJP station at 9am and takes about 7 hours 15 minutes to reach Darjeeling. You can also board the train from Siliguri Town Station or Siliguri Junction Station that are 5kms and 8kms away from NJP respectively. There are also toy trains available from Siliguri Junction and Darjeeling for joy rides. These are steam engine hauled toy trains. Check out Darjeeling Toy Train Services for current status and schedules.
NJP to Darjeeling (1st Class): Not operational since Sept 2010 due to track damage
NJP to Darjeeling (2nd Class): Not operational since Sept 2010 due to track damage
Darjeeling to Ghoom & back Joy Ride (First Class): Rs. 270.00 per person if booked through IRCTC website. This two hours ride includes entry fee for the DHR Museum at Ghoom.
Siliguri Junction Station to Tindharia & back Joy Ride: Rs. 496.00 per person. After getting down at the railway station, you can take an auto-rickshaw, bus or hire a taxi to reach the destination within the city.

Air : Darjeeling does not have an airstrip. The nearest airport is Bagdogra airport (IXB), near Siliguri, which is a 3-hour (approx. 90 km) drive from Darjeeling. Indian, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines are the three major carriers that fly to Delhi, Kolkata and Guwahati from Bagdogra. Indian Airlines (2254230; Chowrasta) (10am-5.30pm Mon-Sat). Pineridge Travels (2253912; pineridge@mail.com; Nehru Rd; h10am-5pm Mon-Sat) For domestic and international flight tickets. After getting down at the airport, you can take an auto-rickshaw, bus or hire a taxi to reach the destination within the city.

Others : Toy train are also available for this destination.

Things to CarryEdit

Carry bottle of drinking water.Sun-screen, sun glasses, tissue-rolls, roll of duct-tape, extra batteries, torchlight, water, energy-bars are ‘must-carry’ along with a First-aid kit.
•Medicines to carry when you are travelling to a new place or when you’re away from home town (which must be approved and prescribed by your physician or medical practitioner) are:
• Painkillers
• Anti-inflammatory
• Wide-spectrum antibiotic
• Anti-diarrhea
• Anti-constipation pills
• Mild sleeping pills – just in case you feel very overwhelmed by the altitude and atmosphere because of which you are unable to sleep.