Bamboo grass museum

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Photo of Bamboo grass museum by Richa Thakur

Will you believe me if I say that my home town has a grass museum, its walls, interiors and artefacts all made of grass? I know it's hard to believe, but fortunately, it's true. Here, the grass I am talking about is Bamboo and the grass museum is the Bamboo grass museum.

Entrance of the Bamboo museum

Photo of CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur by Richa Thakur

Little bit about Bamboo plant.....

Since past few years, as the eco-friendly and save environment movements has picked up, our lifestyle approach has been sifted to environment friendly living. When we started looking for alternatives for plastic home essentials then bamboo plant products has emerged as a useful alternate to plastic. Bamboo plant can be used to make furniture, flooring, fabrics and roofing. Bamboo museum is crafted to encourage its use as an excellent alternate to other hazardous furniture and home decoration products.

Where this bamboo museum is located

This bamboo museum is located in Palampur region of Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Palampur has emerged as one of the prominent off beat tourist places in Kangra district. Some of the major tourist destinations at Palampur are palampur tea gardens, Chamunda devi temple, Gopalpur zoo, Saurab Ban Vihar etc. The Bamboo museum is creative seat which attracts knowledge seeking folks. This bamboo house is located at the CSIR-IHBT, holta- bansuri, Palampur. This place is just 3 km distance from the main palampur city.

It is devided into two huts like structure

Photo of Bamboo grass museum by Richa Thakur

Why you should visit this museum

This museum is scientifically crafted where everything is made up of bamboo grass, either its walls, door, dining table and chairs, or decorative artefacts. This splendid bamboo house is hand-made and must visit for botany students, artefact lovers and innovative minds. This place is designed to promote the usage of Bamboo and include it in our lifestyles. But overall, it’s an educative and amazing place to visit.

Inside the bamboo museum

Photo of Bamboo grass museum by Richa Thakur