Ta Dzong Museum

The Ta Dzong above Trongsa was built in 1652 by Chogyal Minjur Tempa, the first governor of Trongsa, as the watchtower guarding the dzong below it. Five storeys and cylindrical, it covered the approaches to what was then the most strategically important fortress in the country.

Restored with Austrian technical help, it reopened in 2008 as the Royal Heritage Museum, in the year that brought together the coronation of the fifth king, the centenary of the monarchy and the move to parliamentary democracy. Eleven galleries across the five floors hold more than 300 objects tracing the link between the Drukpa Kagyu tradition and the line of kings that came out of Trongsa.