The Menri Monastery in northern India possesses the world’s largest collection of manuscripts and block-print books relating to Bon, the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet. Most of these materials were rescued from ancient Tibetan monasteries before those institutions were destroyed in… Continue reading
For more than five thousand years, silk was an integral part of life in China, composing an important role in the history of Chinese civilisation and global cultural interaction. Silk not only helped connect diverse ethnic groups and vast regions… Continue reading
The Smithsonian Institution’s latest exhibition explores objects donated to the National Museum of Korea and National Museum of Contemporary Art from the collection of the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, which his family gifted to the Korean nation in 2021. Korean… Continue reading
An exhibition currently showing at the Rietberg Museum in Switzerland aims to paint a different picture of the country by presenting a wholly new perspective on Mongolia’s 2,000-year history, partly thanks to cutting-edge archaeological research. Some 200 works are included in the… Continue reading