Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room @ Brooklyn Museum + Dinner at Dao Palate

Dear Dharma Drink friends,

Some of you might nostalgically remember the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room that used to exist in the Rubin Museum of Art. And as many of you know, the Rubin Museum closed last October after 20 years of being opened to the public. While the museum space is closed, Rubin Museum management made sure that they would find a home for the rich Tibetan Buddhist Shrine room that existed in the Rubin. And they did. The Shrine room is now transferred and located in the Brooklyn Museum. So let us go visit that, maybe explore other parts of the Brooklyn Museum, and go for early dinner after the visit.

Meetup details:

Date: 6/22/2025 (Sunday)
Museum Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (Brooklyn Museum)
Dinner Time: 5:30 pm to 7 pm (Dao Palate)

Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn)
Dinner Location: Dao Palate (329 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn)

“A lamplit sanctuary amid the bustle of Brooklyn—and a refuge in uncertain times—the Rubin Museum Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room is a place to learn, reflect, and seek inspiration. The installation presents more than 100 artworks and ritual objects as they would be displayed in an elaborate household shrine, where devotees make offerings, pray, and meditate. Scroll paintings (thangkas), sculptures, furniture, and musical instruments dating from the 12th to 20th century are carefully arranged according to Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Chanted prayers by monks and nuns reflect the ritual practices and remind visitors that Buddhist rituals engage all the senses.

More than one million people experienced the Shrine Room when it was exhibited in its original location, the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art in Manhattan, from 2013 to 2024. To ensure New York City residents and visitors can continue to enjoy this space, it has been given a new home at the Brooklyn Museum. The immersive installation will welcome guests within the Arts of Asia galleries for six years. A virtual exploration of the Shrine Room will allow visitors worldwide to enjoy this evocative sanctuary from home.”

See you all there!

Websites:
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/rubin-museum-tibetan-buddhist-shrine-room
https://daopalate.com/