Risk Assessment, Documentation, and Damage Prevention of Buddhist Material Culture
Risk Assessment, Documentation, and Damage Prevention of Buddhist Material Culture
This video shows The Preservation of Traditional and Contemporary Thangka and Paubha seminar, led by Treasure Caretaker Training, and held at Taragaon Next in Kathmandu, Nepal. Risk Assessment and Documentation were introduced by Conservators Ann Shaftel and Patricia Smithen with Birat Raj Bajracharya. National Museum of Nepal Director Jayaram Shrestha invited participants to practice Risk Assessment on-site in the museum galleries, and invited further collaboration for conservation of the museum’s important collections. Video includes interviews with participants expressing the value of this training. Video courtesy of Buddhist Door Global.
Treasure Caretaker Training has been awarded a prestigious Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art grant to lead three preservation workshops in Mongolia in June of 2026. The international TCT team will be working closely with our Mongolian colleagues and the project will be documented on a video and on going social media.Â
October 2025 Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Lectures, Delhi
Preventive Conservation and Museology Lectures to Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Conservators, and conservation laboratory visits.
October 2025 Visiting Ladakh monasteries as venues for risk assessment workshop with Treasure Caretaker Training and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
