What is Tibet House US?
{{infobox museum |name= Tibet House US |image = Tibet House NYC.jpg |coordinates = {{coord| 40.737138|-73.994677|display=inline}} |map_type = New York City |caption = Tibet House US |established= 1987 |location= 22 West 15th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, [[Manhattan]], [[New York City|New York]], USA |president= [[Robert A. F. Thurman]] |website= {{URL| https://thus.org/ |THUS.org}} }} '''Tibet House US''' ('''THUS''') is a Tibetan [[cultural preservation]] and education [[nonprofit]]. It was founded in 1987 in [[New York City]] by a group of Westerners after [[14th Dalai Lama|the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso]], wanted to create a cultural institution to build awareness of Tibetan culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=10414|title=Tibet House US|website=charitynavigator.org|publisher=Charity Navigator|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/28/arts/dalai-lama-promotes-an-exhibition.html|title=Dalai Lama Promotes an Exhibition|last1=McGill|first1=Douglas C.|date=September 28, 1987|access-date=30 March 2019|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/a8517d5efbd119474f3db9bd4786b029|title=Richard Gere And Dalai Lama Announce Center for Tibetan Culture|date=September 28, 1987|access-date=24 September 2019|publisher=Associated Press|work=Associated Press|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924140933/https://www.apnews.com/a8517d5efbd119474f3db9bd4786b029|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1950 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Museums in Manhattan]] {{US-stub}}