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The Conservancy works to promote the world’s understanding of Tibetan Buddhist culture through educational programs with partners such as the Smithsonian Institution, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Aspen Institute, Tibet Fund, Tibet House, and many monasteries and nunneries. Working with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in the year 2000, the Conservancy organized the largest exhibition of Tibetan culture ever held in the West, with over 1.5 million visitors.
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Show Your Support for Tibetan Culture with a Friends of Tibet License Plate
How your Friends of Tibet License Plate Can Help Preserve Tibetan Culture

When you tell the world you’re a Friend of Tibet with the nation’s first Tibetan special license plate, you’ll be doing more than sending a powerful message — because of special legislation in the Commonwealth of Virginia, proceeds from the sale of every Friends of Tibet plate help Tibetan refugee families preserve their endangered culture.
Click here to order your Friends of Tibet license plate from the DMV or use the link below to order your own Friends of Tibet plate directly for the DMV — and even personalize it with a message of your choice. (There are also souvenir plates for Friends of Tibet who don’t own cars in Virginia.) Order your own Friends of Tibet Virginia license plate today, and help preserve Tibetan culture.