2024 ITP fellows reports – Asia

We’re very pleased to share the reports written by the 2024 ITP fellows about their experience and learnings from the annual programme.

The 2024 programme was held at the British Museum and across our UK partner museum network between the 6 July and 18 August. The 20 fellows in this year’s cohort hailed from 13 different countries, including Cyprus, a new addition to our ever-growing network of museum professionals.

Click the names to read the reports from the 2024 fellows who spent their British Museum departmental time with the Asia department:

Pinky Htet Myo Htut Aung

Museum Curator, U Thant House

UK partner placement: Glasgow Museums

Supported by the Charles Wallace Burma Trust

Sofia Busch

Executive Director, U Thant House

UK partner placement: Norfolk Museums Service

Supported by the Charles Wallace Burma Trust

Shubhasree Purkayastha

Manager, Education, Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) Bangalore

UK partner placement: Glasgow Museums

Supported by the Simon Digby Memorial Charity

Vinay Kumar Singh

Numismatic Officer, State Museum Lucknow

UK partner placement: Manchester Museum, Manchester Art Gallery and Whitworth Art Gallery

Supported by the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation & Charles Wallace India Trust

Wang Chaoxiang

Deputy Director of Collections Management, Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum

UK partner placement: North East Museums

Supported by the Sino-British Fellowship Trust

Xu Zecheng

Cultural Exchange Coordinator, Shanghai Museum

UK partner placement: Norfolk Museums Service

Supported by the Sino-British Fellowship Trust

Kang Mengjie

Assistant Research Fellow, National Museum of China

UK partner placement: Lincoln Museum and the University of Nottingham Museum

Supported by the Sino-British Fellowship Trust