A new series of short videos by Bidur Bhattarai offers a brief and accessible introduction to Nepalese written artefacts. 10 episodes are now available.

For decades, a German-Nepalese initiative captured thousands of manuscripts from Nepal’s written heritage on microfilm. Still, more than 20 years after the project's completion, the National Archives lacked access to some of the documents. With the help of CSMC, the gap has now been closed.

Over the past years, the CSMC office in Kathmandu has become a vibrant centre not only for the preservation of manuscripts but also for encounters and exchanges with local people – from politics, culture, academia, and the general public. In our image gallery, we look back on the year 2023.