Skipping the rest of the Square, we'll move now to the Royal Palace, which like it's Kathmandu counterpart, dominates the square. Most of the palace is closed to the public, although part of it has been converted into the Patan museum, which is heads and shoulders above any other museum in Nepal. In addition to seeing many of the rooms of one wing of the palace, the museum is the best place to see the artistry of the Nepalese, well lit and with detailed explanations in contrast to most haphazard, dark and unlabeled museums in the rest of the country. The pagoda pictured here is locked, except for a festival once a year in which a priest fills a pipe with pot and leaves it for the previously mentioned missing hermit king. Finally the picture of the window highlights both the elaborate handiwork of the local craftsmen, and the Michael Jackson-esque approach to child care.