ITP 2019 Fellows’ Reports: Asia

This year six ITP fellows spent their British Museum departmental time in the Asia Department.

Along with the departments of Coins & Medals and Middle East, fellows in Asia visited the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

As the final group to share their summer programme 2019 reports on the ITP blog, we would just like to a say a big thank you to all of the 2019 ITP cohort for their fantastic reports!

We hope you have all enjoyed reading them, click on the names below to read the individual reports.

Ye Ye
Curator, Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum, China
Partner Placement: Glasgow Museums
Supported by the Sino-British Fellowship Trust

Jasmine Yue Qiao
Collections Curator and Custodian, Tianjin Museum, China
Partner Placement: Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums in Newcastle
Supported by the Sino-British Fellowship Trust

Vishi Upadhyay
Curatorial Associate, Bihar Musuem, India
Partner Placement: Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Museum and Whitworth Art Gallery
Supported by the British Museum Trust, the Charles Wallace India Trust and the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation

Khine Mon Kyaw
Assistant Curator, National Museum Yangon, Myanmar
Partner Placement: The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire and University of Nottingham Museum
Supported by the Charles Wallace Burma Trust

Aprille Tijam
Senior Manager, Exhibitions and Collections, Ayala Museum, Philippines
Partner Placement: Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums in Newcastle
Supported by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust

Sanjeewani Widyarathne
Education Promoting Officer, National Museum Colombo, Sri Lanka
Partner Placement: National Museums Northern Ireland
Supported by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust