Our Online Gallery of Himalayan Art

Presenting our online Gallery of Himalayan Art and Culture from various Museums around the World. A unique window into the Arts, the Culture, the History and the life of the people of the Himalayas.

A. Shri Partap Singh Museum, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India : The SPS Museum Srinagar was established in 1898 AD in the Maharaja’s Summer guest house largely based on collections transferred from State Toshkhana. Approximately 79,595 artifacts and objects covering various subjects like Archaeology, Numismatics, Decorative Art, Arms and Armory, Paintings, Textiles etc are housed in the Museum. A must visit for anyone in Kashmir.

The Gilgit Manuscript at the SPS Museum

The Treasures of the Partap Singh Museum

The Tengpura Durga at the SPS Museum

Kashmir Stone and Bronze Sculptures

B. The Metropolitan Musuem, New York, United States of Amercia : The Metropolitan Musuem in New York is one of the largest Art Museums in the World. The Museum has a great collection of Kashmir Art.

Kamadev the God of Love.

Kashmir Collection at the Met Museum

The Transcendent Buddha of the South

Buddhist Art at the Met Museum 

C. The Munshi Aziz Bhat Museum of Central Asia , Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir, India : The Munshi Aziz Bhatt Museum of Central Antiquities which holds a priceless treasure of Items and Objects which were once traded on the legendary Kashmir to Yarkand Silk Route via Ladakh.

Saddles from Central Asia

The Munshi Aziz Bhat Museum Collection

D. The Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China : The Shanghai Museum holds a collection of Tibetan Antiquities and Arts from down the ages in its Minority Ethnic Groups section. Here is a glimpse at some of the Tibetan pieces on display at the Museum.

Carved Wooden Sticks used for Printing Tibetan Qinghai

The Tibetan Collection at the Shanghai Museum

Mongol Headdress with Coral Beads

The Central Asian Collection at the Shanghai Museum

E. The British Museum, London, United Kingdom : The British Museum has a great Collection of Sculptures from Kashmir from the first Millenium AD. We try and highlight some of the selected pieces from the Museums Collection. All Pics and Descriptions are from the British Museum Website

Celestial Figure

The Kashmir Collection at the British Museum I

PhurBu Traditional Ritual Dagger

The Ladakh Collection at the British Museum

Wooden Buddhist Shrine

The Kashmir Collection at the British Museum II

F. The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

The Map Shawl of Kashmir

The Map Shawl