Description
In 1947 Jacques Marchais opened to the public two stone buildings on a Staten Island hillside, which house her collection of Tibetan art. This museum is the only Himalayan-temple-style building in the United States and is surrounded by meditation gardens. This tiny hillside museum contains a striking Buddhist altar and the largest collection of Tibetan art in the West, including religious objects, bronzes and paintings. Every October, the museum hosts a Tibetan festival.