Volunteer

There are many ways to deepen your involvement and commitment to the Tibet Museum. Whether you choose to attend or sponsor our programs and events, donate photographs and objects, volunteer at the museum, contribute to a particular project, invite our staff for exchange programs or establish institutional partnerships, we are pleased to welcome you in the Tibet Museum family and grateful for your support.

Support from individuals, corporations and various levels of government will play a major role in ensuring the Tibet Museum’s ongoing success and significance. To learn more about how you can get involved please contact us at [email protected].

Volunteer

Donate Time – Become a Volunteer

The Tibet Museum greatly benefits from volunteers from different communities, and it is always in need of graphic designers, archivist and museum specialists. We seeks students and professionals with practical experience in specific areas of museum work relating to curating, cataloging, exhibition and graphic design. Tibetans can apply for internships at the Tibet Museum through Tibet Corps, a public-private initiative of the Central Tibetan Administration.

Past Volunteers / Interns

Jordan Quill completed a three-month doctoral internship at The Tibet Museum in 2025 as part of his PhD at The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. His research examines artistic exchanges between Tibet, India, and the Himalayan regions. He contributed to textile conservation and documentation, published in the Tibetan Museum Journal (2025), and supervised undergraduate interns.

The Tibet Museum is proud to recognize the successful completion of the internship by Tenzin Palden & Thupten Phuntsok, undergraduate interns from The Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education (DLIHE). Over the past month, they dedicated in areas such as visitor engagement, administration, and feedback analysis, making valuable contributions to the museum’s operations.

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Samten Choedon la, a Political Science graduate from Miranda House, University of Delhi, interned at the Tibet Museum for nearly two months from June 26, 2024. Now pursuing a Master’s in East Asian Studies, she assisted with souvenir sales, record-keeping, cash management, and daily operations, strengthening her organizational and communication skills while supporting Tibetan history preservation.

Ms. Vagavi Prakash is an educator and researcher from New Delhi. She has taught at Gedu College of Business Studies, Royal University of Bhutan, and is currently working on a school development project in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. She holds Economics degrees with distinction from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and Banaras Hindu University. After visiting the Tibet Museum in 2023, she later interned there, supporting event reporting and visitor engagement.

Devina Dimri is a museum researcher pursuing an MPhil in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology at the University of Oxford, after completing an MA in Museum Studies at University College London. She volunteered at The Tibet Museum, Dharamshala, in 2022, supporting outreach and education. Her research examines how museums represent exile and identity, and her work on The Tibet Museum has been published in Museum International and presented internationally.

Aiswarya R. Raj from Kerala, India, a graduate in Architecture and currently pursuing Photography at the National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar. With a passion for interaction and cultural communication, She joined the Tibet Museum as an intern, focusing on graphic and visual design. Her role primarily involved creating visual content for the museum.

Kunga Chimey Sara is an Architect from Switzerland graduated from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in spring 2018. She is currently working on the final 3D designs, drawings and renderings of the new Museum and is also assisting as a Content Developer for H.H. the Dalai Lama’s section at the new Museum. Kunga joined the Museum in April 2019 and is staying till July 2020.

Neerja Sutaria completed her graduation in April 2019 with a BA in History-Psychology from Jai Hind College, Mumbai. She has also studied Archaeology as well as Preservation & Conservation of Artefacts from Mumbai. From 20th May to 20th August, she will assist the museum in social media marketing, cataloguing and preserving newly acquired artefacts.

Lodoe-Laura is currently finishing her final year of the Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management MA program at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. Beginning from January 2019, she spent six months at the Tibet Museum, assisting with the implementation of cataloguing standards for the archival database, and facilitating preservation of the cultural heritage material held in the photography archives.

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