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Historical Photos
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Opening Day at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, October 5, 1947.
Interior of the Library at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, 1945. Jacques Marchais amassed a collection of approximately 1000 books on Asian culture, particularly on Tibet and Buddhism.
Outside view of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, 1947.
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Recent Photos

Mother and child enjoy the meditation gardens at the Museum's annual Tibetan Festival, 2004.
Buddhist monk from the Drangjey Goempa Monastery in Bhutan on his visit to the Museum in August 2004.
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Collection Images

Hayagriva (rT mgrin gsang sgrub)
Gilded and painted copper
Mongolia, 18th century
43 x 36.8 x 18.5 cm
Green Tara (sGrol ma ljang khu)
Painting on cotton canvas, mounted on silk
Central Tibet, 17th–18th century
Restored in 1988-1989
by Pema Wangyal of Dolpo (d. 1992)
398 cm x 198 cm, with textile borders

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