SCHOOL VISITS TO TAragaon Next
Discover one of the oldest modern architecture buildings in Kathmandu Valley as you explore contemporary art, green spaces and engaging events and workshops! Experience Taragaon’s Sculpture Garden, our amphitheater and all the hidden gems in our architecture.
Self-Guided Visits
A self-guided visit is where you and your students independently explore the gallery. You’re more than welcome to do the various activities around Taragaon Next like our plein air easels, the tracing table of different architectural buildings found in Nepal and our gardens.
We have paper based activities as well, whether it’s a crossword puzzle, or a take-home activity where you can learn to identify the different heritage items around us in Kathmandu valley.
Guided Visits
A guided visit is where you make a booking with us and pick one of our various programs to conduct with your students. We currently have 4 programs you are able to pick from, each based on different themes that reinforce our pillars of Culture, Community and Urbanization.
The activities are meant to enhance young learners’ curiosity, their observational skills and to encourage them to have conversation around various topics of art, social issues, architecture, etc.
We have paper based activities as well, whether it’s a crossword puzzle, or a take-home activity where you can learn to identify the different heritage items around us in Kathmandu valley.
Free Activities
PAPER ACTIVITIES
We have a collection of different paper based activities in our gallery space near the amphitheater. It could be a…
PLEIN AIR EASELS
Plein Air Easels are meant for you to get inspired by the artwork you inside our galleries or our architecture…
TRACING TABLE
Our tracing table shows the different architecture for heritage sites that we see around the Kathmandu valley. Focusing on Shikhara,…
How to Make a Booking
Please contact us at least two weeks in advance of your visit, although more time is recommended.
To book, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/XSzgizYQsBqRN6Ti8
If you would like to discuss your booking over the phone, call +9771 5911857. If you want to email us about any questions or concerns, please email us at learn[at]taragaonnext[dot]com
Have the following ready when you call:
- Range of dates for your visit
- Group size and age of students
- School address, telephone number and your school email address
Bookings for our ticketed exhibitions must be made at least two weeks in advance to ensure you receive your tickets in time.
Planning Your Visit
Explore the links below for practical information to support planning your visit to the gallery.
Before you arrive
Getting Here
Micro/Bus
NAC (Nepal Airlines Corporation) to Nepal Medical College or NAC to Sundarijal (Taragaon lies on the way, just before reaching Tusal Chowk, slightly after Bhat Bhateni Chuchhepati)- Landmark
Workshop Eatery, Tusal, Boudha - Parking
We have parking facilities available on site for school vehicles.
School Facilities
- Bag Drop
Students are able to drop their bags in our hall or in our courtyard spaces.
- Picnic Spots
Lunches can be eaten in the garden spaces or in either one of our courtyard spaces. If you have a bigger group, you’re able to eat it in the amphitheatre as well.
We also have a water dispenser available near the gardens for easy access.
- Bathroom
There are bathrooms next to the hall.
On the day
Arriving at the gallery
School groups are asked to enter via the Taragaon Next gate and come up the main staircase with their teachers. School groups can be seated at the main courtyard.
Please arrive at your allocated timeslot. If you are running late for your slot, contact us and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Gallery Guideline
You and your students are welcome to get excited, take ownership of the gallery, and engage with the artwork. Groups are encouraged to make noise and take up space in the gallery.
Teachers are responsible for their students’ behaviour and safety.
We ask people to not:
- Run in the galleries
- Touch the artworks
- Eat or drink in the galleries.
- Move around the gallery in large groups. We recommend smaller groups of 20 or less. Please be mindful of others in the space.
- Use wet or dusty materials that will leave behind marks, such as permanent markers, water colours, or charcoal. You are welcome to use dry materials such as pencils, pens, and colouring pencils.
After your visit
Next Steps
- Please feel free to reach back out to us for any other visits you might want to organize. You can follow us on Instagram @taragaonnext to keep yourself updated on our programs that might be of interest to you and your students.
- If you are an educator you can also join our Whatsapp group to get updates on our programs. To join our Whatsapp, please email us at learn[at]taragaonnext[dot]com
