Tibet Museum Kick off Exhibition Tour in US from Portland

Mr. Tashi Phuntsok, Director of Tibet Museum, explaining the exhibit to a few visitors.

Mr. Tashi Phuntsok, Director of Tibet Museum, explaining the exhibit to a few visitors.


Portland : The Tibet Museum of the Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration kicked-off its monthlong photo exhibition tour of the United State from Portland, Oregon. The exhibition in Portland was jointly organised with Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association, Portland, Oregon, from 4 – 6 October 2015.

More than three hundred Tibetans from Portland and Vancouver came to see the two titled photo exhibitions. The first exhibit titled ‘The Biography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’’ features extensive photographic and textual information on the life and messages of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the second exhibition titled – ‘’A Long Look Homeward’’ feaures photographic narratives on Tibet before the Chinese Occupation, results of the Chinese occupation, Tibet Today and its hope for the future.

The Tibet Museum is scheduled to showcase its next exhibition in Boulder, Colorado on 24 – 25 October 2015 and San Francisco on 14 -15 November 2015.
Visitors at Tibet Museum’s exhibition at Portland, Oregon.

Visitors at Tibet Museum’s exhibition at Portland, Oregon.


Visitors at the Tibet Museum’s exhibit.

Visitors at the Tibet Museum’s exhibit.


Visitors interacting with Mr. Tashi Phuntsok, Director of Tibet Museum.

Visitors interacting with Mr. Tashi Phuntsok, Director of Tibet Museum.