Dunhuang Academy

The Dunhuang Academy traces its origins to the National Dunhuang Art Research Institute, established in 1944. In 1950, it was renamed Dunhuang Cultural Relics Research Institute, and in 1984, it was expanded and upgraded to the Dunhuang Academy. The Academy oversees management of six cave complexes: the world cultural heritage sites of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, the Maiji Mountain Grottoes in Tianshui, the Bingling Caves in Yongjing, and other key protected cultural relics sites in China including the Yulin Caves in Guazhou, the Western Thousand-Buddha Caves in Dunhuang, and the North Cave-Temple in Qingyang.

The headquarters of the Academy is located in the city of Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China. The Dunhuang Academy also operates a branch office in Lanzhou. Guided by the policy of "protection, research, and promotion", the Academy has become a site museum with considerable influence worldwide, a research entity for Dunhuang studies, and a scientific research base for the protection of ancient Chinese murals and earthen sites. At the 34th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Brazil in 2010, the Mogao Caves was praised as "a model" for effective protection and sustainable tourism management. Today, the Academy is striving to become a model for the protection of world cultural heritage and a pedestal for the research of Dunhuang studies.

敦煌研究院

敦煌研究院的前身是1944年成立的國立敦煌藝術研究所，1950年改名為敦煌文物研究所，1984年擴建為敦煌研究院。敦煌研究院負責管理世界文化遺產敦煌莫高窟、天水麥積山石窟、永靖炳靈寺石窟、中國重點文物保護單位瓜州榆林窟、敦煌西千佛洞、慶陽北石窟寺共6座石窟。

敦煌研究院本部位于中國甘肅省敦煌市莫高窟，并設有蘭州分院。敦煌研究院堅持“保護、研究、弘揚”的工作方針，現已成為在世界具有相當影響力的遺址博物館、敦煌學研究實體、中國古代壁畫與土遺址保護科研基地。2010年在巴西召開的世界遺產委員會第34屆會議上，莫高窟被譽為“有效保護與可持續旅游管理方法的典范”。現在，敦煌研究院正努力建設成為世界文化遺產保護的典范和敦煌學研究的高地。