Tibet Museum, Lhasa

Name: Tibet Museum
Address: 19 Luobulinka Rd, Lhasa, 850000, China
Telephone: +86 891 683 5244

#7 among attractions in Lhasa

History museum, Museum

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The Tibet Museum 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. It has a collection of more than 520,000 artifacts, including pottery, jade, and Buddha statues, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. It has a collection of around 1,000 artifacts permanently on display related to the cultural history of Tibet, from examples of Tibetan art to architectural design throughout history such as Tibetan doors and beams. In order to fill the museum the Tibet aristocracy and religious establishment had their property confiscated by the Chinese Government. ()

Local name: 西藏博物馆 Coordinates: 29°39'5"N, 91°5'49"E

Address

19 Luobulinka RdLhasa 850000 China

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+86 891 683 5244

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Day trips

Tibet Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Potala Palace, Norbulingka, Kundeling Monastery, Chagpori.

1.3 miE
Famed royal retreat from 17th century
Potala Palace, Lhasa
33 min walk • Perched on the Red Hill in Lhasa, China, the Potala Palace serves as an emblematic fortress and a testament to Tibetan architecture. This monumental structure, once the winter residence of the Dalai Lama, is now a museum and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, drawing...
0.6 miW
Buddhist architecture, Aquarium, Zoo
Norbulingka, Lhasa
15 min walk • Norbulingka is a palace and surrounding park in Lhasa, Tibet, China, built from 1755. It served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780s up until the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in 1959.
0.7 miNE
Buddhist architecture, Monastery
Kundeling Monastery, Lhasa
17 min walk • Kundeling Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, China. It was founded around 1794, and follows the Gelug school. The head of the monastery belongs to a lineage of incarnations that dates back to 1402. There is dispute over the current incarnation.
0.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chagpori, Lhasa
21 min walk • Chagpori, Chakpori, Chokpori, Chagpo Ri Wylie: lcags po ri, literally "Iron Mountain"; is a spirit-mountain of Vajrapani within the city of Lhasa in Tibet. It south of the Potala and just to the left when one is facing the Potala. It is considered to be one of the four holy mountains of central Tibet.
1.2 miE
Memorial
Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, Lhasa
32 min walk • The Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet stands in the southern part of the Potala square in Lhasa, just outside the protective zone and buffer zone of the World Heritage Site.
1.3 miNE
Calm monastery with mountain view
Namgyal Monastery, Lhasa
34 min walk • Namgyal Monastery is currently located in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala, India. It is the personal monastery of the 14th Dalai Lama. Another name for this temple-complex is Namgyal Tantric College.
~1090 ftSE
Church
Catholic Church of Lhasa, Lhasa
6 min walk • The Catholic Church of Lhasa Also called the Lhasa Chapel, was the first Catholic church in Tibet in China. It was founded in 1726 and disappeared in 1745.
1.1 miSW
Bridge
Liuwu Bridge, Lhasa
28 min walk • The Liuwu Bridge Chinese: 柳吾大橋; pinyin: Liǔ wú dàqiáo} crosses the Lhasa River linking downtown Lhasa, Tibet to Lhasa railway station and Niu New Area on the south bank.

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Which popular attractions are close to Tibet Museum?

Nearby attractions include Catholic Church of Lhasa, Lhasa (6 min walk), Norbulingka, Lhasa (15 min walk), Kundeling Monastery, Lhasa (17 min walk), Chagpori, Lhasa (21 min walk).