Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond
Wed 28 May 2014 - Sat 17 January 2015
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Buddha’s Word is the first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge. It is also the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition.
Developed in partnership with the Mongolia and Inner Asia Research Unit and with support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund, Buddha’s Word brings together collections and research from three of the University of Cambridge Museums – the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences and the Fitzwilliam Museum – as well as the University Library and Emmanuel and Pembroke Colleges.
Many of the artefacts, prints and manuscripts in the exhibition have never been on public display before. Exhibits include some of the oldest illuminated Buddhist manuscripts from the first decades of the eleventh century as well as specimens of skilfully illuminated wooden covers; a quartet of scroll paintings brought back from the infamous Younghusband Expedition; and a gift from the 13th Dalai Lama.
The exhibition charts some of the incredible journeys that the words of the Buddha have taken: crossing mountains and oceans and taking different material forms in different places. This is the story of the transformation of Buddha’s words, from palmleaf, to paper, to digital dharma. It focuses on books, not just as objects of learning and study, but as relics of the Buddha, and sacred objects in their own right.
You will never look at a book in the same way again.
Cost: free
Timing
10:30am-4:30pm Tuesday-Sunday every week from Wednesday 28 May 2014 until Saturday 17 January 2015
All times
Wed 28 May 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 29 May 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 30 May 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 31 May 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 1 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Tue 3 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 4 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 5 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 6 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 7 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 8 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Tue 10 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 11 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 12 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 13 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 14 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 15 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Tue 17 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 18 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 19 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 20 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 21 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 22 June 2014 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
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