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

Ms Vagavi Prakash, from New Delhi,India, and Lecturer from Gedu College of Business Studies, Royal University of Bhutan, Currently, She is working in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh in the setting up of a school project. She completed her graduation in Economics with distinction from St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India, and her graduation in Economics with distinction from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, and M.Phil. Coursework in International Economics. She was awarded with a prestigious UGC-Junior Research Fellowship in Economics. Additionally, She also hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Spanish.
Her interest in working with the Tibetan community arose in 2023 when she visited the Tibet Museum of the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration. She was deeply moved by the exhibition on Tibetan self-immolation as a form of protest against the Chinese illegal occupation of Tibet and its atrocities. This experience prompted her to apply for an internship at the Tibet Museum to deepen her knowledge of Tibetan issues. She joined the museum in 2023, primarily assisting in writing reports on various events. Additionally, she helped welcome visitors and explain the museum’s exhibitions to them.

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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