The Tibet Museum is located in the southeast corner of Norbu Lingka, Lhasa city.

Brief Introduction

The Tibet Museum has a rich collection of cultural relics, including various types of cultural relics of prehistoric period, title-conferring documents issued by the feudal dynasties of past ages, seals of authority, gold albums, gifts granted by emperors. There are also numerous statues of buddhas, bodhisattvas, and figures. There are also rare sutras written on pattra leaves and birch bars, and manuscripts written with gold powder, silver powder, and coral powder.

There are also various printed Sanskrit and Tibetan scriptures and colorful tangkas of various painting genres. Unique Tibetan handicrafts, costumes, jewelry, gold ware, silver ware and jade ware are also in the collection. All these are of excellent quality and are invaluable. The aim of the Tibet Museum is to preserve cultural relics of the best quality, to make acadmeic study and to put them on display so that the visitors may appreciate the Tibetan historical civilization.

Travel Tips

Address: Tibet, Lhasa City, Southeast of Norbulingka
Telephone: 86-891-6839222
Official Website: http://www.tibet.cn/tibetzt/xzbwg

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