The Tibet Museum is located at the southeast corner of the Norbulingka Road in Lhasa. It is the first large-sized comprehensive modern museum in the Tibet Autonomous Region as well as a brilliant literary and arts palace of the Tibetan people, a gem of Tibetan civilization and a treasure house of Tibetan cultural relics.

Built in October, 1999 and with a area of 53,959 square metres, the museum stores abundant historical and cultural relics, Buddhism figures, ancient books and records of Tibetan, and folk handicrafts. Together with its neighboring Norbulingka Park, it has become one of the most beautiful places in the ancient city of Lhasa.