It is a known fact that the Science Museum can have very important impacts on science literacy in a country like Nepal imbued with taboos, superstition, and fatalistic attitudes. So, B.P. Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory, and Science Museum Development Board was constituted by the Government of Nepal, under the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, in order to disseminate scientific temper and culture to the broad mass of the people.

Its main objectives are:

• To establish Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum in Nepal and to run them


• To provide a new experience in science learning as well as inspire and foster science learning to the young generation and involve them in R&D activities


• To disseminate scientific temper and culture to the broad mass of the people


• To organize various science education programs in different parts of the country


• To conduct training, research, and development activities in the field of space science