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The Tibet Museum ( Tibetan: བོད་ལྗྗོངས་རྟེན་རྫས་བཤམས་མཛོད་ཁང་ Chinese: 西藏博物馆) is the official museum of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in Lhasa. Inaugurated on October 5, 1999, it is the first large, modern museum in the Tibet Autonomous Region. [1] It has a ...
2000; 2001. The Potala Palace is a dzong fortress in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. It was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas from 1649 to 1959, has been a museum since then, and a World Heritage Site since 1994. The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, the mythical abode of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. [1]
Coordinates: 32.2263°N 76.3254°E. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) is a Tibetan library in Dharamshala, India. The library was founded by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama on 11 June 1970, and is considered one of the most important libraries and institutions of Tibetan works in the world.
The Tibet Museum aims to disseminate knowledge of Tibetan history and culture while raising awareness of the occupation of Tibet and the ongoing human rights abuses and environmental destruction committed by CCP China. Established in 1998, the Tibet Museum now has a collection comprising over 30,000 photographs, day to day life objects , a ...
The Tibet Museum in Lhasa is the official museum of the Tibet Autonomous Region and was inaugurated on October 5, 1999. It is the first large-sized modern museum in the Tibet Autonomous Region and has a permanent collection of around 1000 artefacts, from examples of Tibetan art to architectural design throughout history such as Tibetan doors ...
While the Tibetan plateau has been inhabited since pre-historic times, most of Tibet 's history went unrecorded until the creation of Tibetan script in the 7th century. Tibetan texts refer to the kingdom of Zhangzhung (c. 500 BCE – 625 CE) as the precursor of later Tibetan kingdoms and the originators of the Bon religion.
The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art is a museum located on the residential Lighthouse Hill in Egbertville, Staten Island, New York City. It is home to one of the United States' most extensive collections of Himalayan artifacts. [1] The museum was created by Jacques Marchais, (1887-1948) an American woman, to serve as a bridge between the ...
Tibet Houses are an international, loosely affiliated group of nonprofit, cultural preservation organizations founded at the request of the Dalai Lama. They aim to preserve, present, and protect Tibet 's ancient traditions of philosophy, mind science, art, and culture following the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950 and subsequent Tibetan diaspora.