Dunhuang and Turpan Materials Center

  The Dunhuang and Turpan Materials Center was planned in 1983 and established in 1988. As the largest center of Dunhuang and Turpan materials in the world, it has a collection of about 30,000 items of various kinds. The Center is responsible for the acquisition, arrangement and collection of materials related to Dunhuang and Turpan studies, the publication of related bibliographies and monographs, the reference and reading services to scholars all around the world.
  The Reading Room of Dunhuang and Turpan Materials has a collection of materials in Dunhuang and Turpan Studies, history of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and history, geography and religious culture of the Western Regions. They include microforms, photos, monographs, journals, conference proceedings and A/V materials in Chinese, Western languages, Japanese and other languages.

Hours: 9:00-17:00, Mon.-Fri.
All readers with NLC library cards are acceptable