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International Partnerships

The Oriental Museum partners with a range of museums, universities and other organisations worldwide.  Find out more about some of our major international partners and the range of projects we are collaborating on.  

 

Current partners and projects

Find out more about live projects with our range of international partners.

National Museum of Japanese History

A longstanding partnership bringing together curators in Japan, USA and UK to work on a range of projects.
The Monogatari Exhibition

National Museum of Korea

Working to together to research and increase the use of the Oriental Museum's Korean collections.
View into the Korea Gallery from across the balcony showing all of the displays.

Palace Museum Beijing

Developing partnership projects and an exchange of exhibitions.
Palace Museum building

University of Malaya and National University of Sinapore

Working together to research and reconnect our shared collections.
Signing of a memorandum of understanding between Durham University and Universiti of Malaya.

Partnership exhibitions

Find out more about some of the exhibitions we have created working with our international partners.

Monogatari: the Art of Storytelling in Japanese Woodblock Prints

Created in Partnership with the National Museum of Japanese History based on research into the Scott Collection of Japanese prints.
Two Japanese samurai on horseback face off against each other with their spears crossing. In the background a battle is taken place half hidden in dust and clouds.

Guardians of the Silk Road's Heritage: Women of the mountains of Central Asia

A collaboration with academics at Durham University, the University of Central Asia and the NGO Laajberd.
Oriental Museum Silk Road Exhibition Oct 2022 Woman with coloured rugs

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

A collaboration with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
Remains of cathedral in landscape devastated by nuclear blast
Delve further into our past exhibitions

UNESCO Chair

Oriental Museum curators have a long standing partnership with Durham University's UNESCO Chair on Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage.

The Chair is currently held by Professor Robin Coningham in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University. Oriental Museum curators have worked together Professor Coningham and his team on projects with partners in Egypt, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. Use the links below to find out more about some key collaborations.

Saptabidhanottar, puja and prayer ceremony held to reanimate the site once post-earthquake work had been completed in December 2016