Join our Community
At the Silk Road Virtual Museum, we honour the spirit of exchange, creativity and curiosity that defined one of history’s most extraordinary networks: the Silk Road.
Over the past eighteen months, the Silk Road Virtual Museum has steadily grown — in exhibitions, in regions covered, and in the number of people exploring it. What has become increasingly clear is that many of you are not simply visitors. You return, you read more closely, you follow themes across exhibitions, and you write thoughtful messages in response.
Rather than simply widening the museum further, we would now like to begin deepening the experience.
We are proud to launch our new community Friends of the Silk Road Virtual Museum — a space for those who would like to engage a little more closely with the ideas, the background thinking, and with one another.
When you join the community, you will:
- Be the first to hear about new exhibitions and digital initiatives
- Receive exclusive behind-the-scenes stories and insights
- Join our Silk Road Book Club
- Contribute to the conversation by sharing your own experiences and knowledge
- Support educational outreach and future exhibitions that bring the past to life
Why Become a Friend?
As the museum continues to expand — with new exhibitions, translations into local languages, digital hosting, and technical infrastructure — there are real and ongoing costs involved in sustaining it.
Becoming a Friend helps support that work. But just as importantly, it allows us to build a more engaged community around the Silk Roads — one where ideas can be shared, questions asked, and perspectives widened.
If you would like to take part in this next stage of the museum’s development, we warmly invite you to join us.