The Center enjoys a unique relationship with the Burma Studies Foundation, which assures that all Burma/Myanmar-related items donated to the foundation will be offered to the Center for inclusion and conservation within the university's collections. The Center accepts Burmese-related items only through the foundation, which retains a remainderman's interest in these collections, thus allowing for their continuing oversight. Ownership, except for this remainderman's interest, is with the university. The Center operates under important conditions that include public display of art, access to materials and records, and administrative and also financial guarantees from Northern Illinois University. Oversight by the foundation combines strong support of the Center with lasting responsibility to the field of Burma/Myanmar studies.

Click here for objective and goals of the Center for Burma Studies.

The project of this web site is partly funded by:
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
and the Graduate School of Northern Illinois University.