Dunhuang’s Buddhist art to be showcased at Asian Civilisations Museum

Buddhist art treasures from the Unesco World Heritage Site of the Dunhuang Mogao Caves will be shown at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) in the second half of 2026.

- Ong Sor Fern Arts Editor

The first major exhibition in Southeast Asia dedicated to Dun-huang is a collaboration between the museum and the Dunhuang Academy, the institution which oversees the site in Gansu, China. The partnership was formalised by the signing of a memorandum of understanding at ACM on Oct 24.

Dr Zhang Yuanlin, deputy director of Dunhuang Academy, notes that ACM has successfully collaborated with leading Chinese cultural heritage institutions such as the Palace Museum and Shaanxi History Museum in recent years.

He adds that ACM and the academy have a shared mission of promoting dialogue between civil-isations.