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[Chen06]

Yup, those are the ones. I wonder what kind of stone the pork is made of. I dont believe it is Jade. I forgot to mention that other than the building that houses the artifacts, they have another building that is basically a giant library. Lots and lots of good books that have to do with many subjects that arent covered in the US. They also have lots of books that they published for sale in their gift shop. Alot of would make nice gifts for history lovers or anyone interested in Chinese culture as well as for self study. Heres the museums official site. http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm

Forgot to mention that I just got back from Tokyo where I went to visit the Edo-Tokyo Museum. Unforunately, they were closed that day because they were cleaning/repairing I believe. I picked up a brochure that they had. Apparently they were showcasing a special exhibition of a great Chinese calligraphy master's work. He goes by the name of Wang Xi Zhi. Not sure if the pinyin is right but he was a very prolific and influential calligraphy master of old.

[Non-Han Nan Ban]

Naturally I went running:

Cool! Thanks for the info. ^__^

God those are beautiful!

[scottbajie]

Here are some museums in the U.S. with Chinese or Asian artifacts. Some already have their entire collections online and others are in the process. Hope you find this a useful resource. Thanks to Pattie for getting this list started! Some states are still missing (I concentrated on the west and southeast).


Museum Name ......................................"City,State"........Collections Online...Web site


Alabama
Berman Museum of World History...................."Anniston, AL"......no................http://www.bermanmuseum.org/
Birmingham Museum of Art.........................."Birmingham, AL"....no................http://www.artsbma.org/
Alaska
Alaska State Museum..............................."Juneau, AK"........yes...............http://www.museums.state.ak.us/
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archive.............."Berkeley,CA".........................http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/
Bowers Museum of Cultural Art....................."Santa Ana,CA"........................http://www.bowers.org/index.jsp
Fowler Museum at UCLA............................."Los Angeles,CA"....some..............http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/incEngine/
Hearst Art Gallery at St. Mary's College.........."Moraga,CA"...........................http://www.stmarys-c...st-art-gallery/
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University........."Stanford, CA"........................http://museum.stanfo.../view/asia.html
Japanese American National Museum................."Los Angeles,CA"......................http://www.janm.org/
Japanese Friendship Garden at San Diego..........."San Diego,CA"........................http://www.niwa.org/display/home.asp
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.................."Los Angeles,CA"......................http://www.lacma.org/
Mingei International Museum San Diego............."San Diego,CA"........................http://www.mingei.org/collections/
Monterey Museum of Art............................"Monterey,CA".........................http://www.montereyart.org/
Pacific Asia Museum..............................."Pasadena,CA".........................http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/mweb/
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology..........."Berkeley,CA".........................http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/
Pomona College Museum of Art......................"Pomona,CA"...........................http://www.pomona.edu/museum/
San Diego Museum of Art..........................."San Diego,CA"........................http://www.sdmart.org/
San Diego Museum of Man..........................."San Diego,CA"........................http://www.museumofman.org/
Asian Art Museum.................................."San Francisco,CA"....................http://www.asianart.org/
Chinese American Museum..........................."Los Angeles,CA"......................http://www.camla.org/
Norton Simon Museum..............................."Pasadena,CA".........................http://www.nortonsimon.org/
Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder Museum.........."Boulder,CO".......no.................http://www.colorado.edu/cuartmuseum/
Denver Art Museum ................................"Denver,CO"........yes................http://www.denverartmuseum.org/home
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Ringling Museum..................................."Sarasota,FL"......no.................http://www.ringling.org/museum_art.asp
Norton Museum of Art.............................."West Palm Beach,FL"..................http://www.nortonmus...ns/chinese2.htm
Lowe Museum of Art................................"Miami,FL"............................http://www6.miami.ed...we/art_asia.htm
Museum of Arts and Sciences......................."Daytona Beach,FL"....................http://www.moas.org/chinese%20art.html
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.............."Delray Beach,FL".....................http://www.morikami.org/index.php
Museum of Fine Arts..............................."St. Petersburg,FL"...................http://www.fine-arts.org/
Polk Museum of Art................................"Lakeland,FL".........................http://www.polkmuseumofart.org/
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art......................"Gainesville,FL"......................http://www.harn.ufl.edu/
Georgia
Madison Museum of Fine Art........................"Madison,GA".......no.................http://www.madisonmuseum.org
Hawaii
Honolulu Academy of Arts.........................."Honolulu,HI"......yes................http://www.honolulua...demy/index.aspx
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Museum of World Treasures........................."Wichita,KS".......some...............http://www.worldtreasures.org/
Kentucky
Louisiana
LSU Museum of Art................................."Baton Rouge, LA"..no.................http://www.lsumoa.com/
New Orleans Museum of Art........................."New Orleans,LA"...no.................http://www.noma.org/
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Weisman Art Museum................................"Minneapolis,MN"...no.................http://www.weisman.umn.edu/
Minneapolis Institue of Art......................."Minneapolis,MN"...yes................http://www.artsmia.org/
World Musical Instrument Museum (open 2010)......."Minneapolis,MN"...no.................http://www.themim.org/
Mississippi
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art......................."Laurel,MS"........no.................http://www.lrma.org/
Missouri
U. Missouri at Columbia..........................."Columbia,MO"......no.................http://maa.missouri.edu/
St. Louis Art Museum.............................."St. Louis,MO".....yes................http://www.slam.org/
Montana
Nebraska
Joslyn Art Museum................................."Omaha,NE".........some...............http://www.joslyn.org/
Lentz Center for Asian Culture...................."Lincoln,NE".......some...............http://www.unl.edu/lentz/
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art...................."New York, NY"........................http://www.metmuseum.org/
The Asia Society.................................."New York, NY"........................http://www.asiasociety.org/
North Carolina
Ackland Art Museum................................"Chapel Hill,NC"...yes................http://www.ackland.org/index.php
North Dakota
Ohio
Toledo Museum of Art.............................."Toledo, OH"..........................http://www.toledomuseum.org/
Cleveland Museum of Art..........................."Cleveland,OH"........................http://www.clemusart.com/
Oklahoma
Oregon
Jordon Schnitzer Museum of Art...................."Eugene,OR"...........................http://uoma.uoregon.edu/collection/
Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Center..............."John Day,OR".........................http://www.oregonsta....org/park_8.php
Portland Art Museum..............................."Portland,OR".........................http://www.pam.org/
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Kimbell Art Museum................................"Ft. Worth, TX"...not sure (a lot)....https://www.kimbellart.org/index.aspx
Museum of Fine Arts Houston......................."Houston,TX"......some................http://www.mfah.org
Museum of Texas Tech University..................."Lubbock,TX"......no..................http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/
San Antonio Museum of Art........................."San Antonio,TX"..no..................http://www.samuseum.org/main/
Crow Collection of Asian Art......................"Dallas,TX".......under construction..http://www.crowcollection.org/
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Muscarelle Museum of Art William & Mary College..."Williamsburg,VA".some................http://www.wm.edu/muscarelle/
U. Virginia Art Museum............................"Charlottesville,VA"..some............http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum/
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts......................"Richmond,VA".....some................http://www.vmfa.museum/
Washington
Seattle Asian Art Museum.........................."Seattle,WA"..........................http://www.seattlear...t/visitSAAM.asp
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Cambridge Historic Museum........................."Cambridge,WI"....no..................http://www.cambridge...oricmuseum.org/
Logan Museum of Anthropology Beloit College......."Beloit, WI"......some................http://www.beloit.edu/logan/index.php
Wyoming
U. of Wyoming Art Musuem.........................."Laramie,WY"......no..................http://www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum/

Edited by scottbajie, 30 July 2008 - 08:29 AM.

[William O'Chee]

The current edition of "Arts of Asia" has a special feature on teh colelction of the University of Pennsylvania. The Museum there has housed a portion of its Chinese collection in a the Chinese Rotunda. I have attached a link to the Chinese collectioin below:

University of Pennsyvania Museum - Chinese collection

[MattW]

Did anybody go and see the exhibition of Chairman Mao badges and money at the British Museum this year? I did. Shall i upload a few photos if that's possible?

[kaiselin]

Was just surfing for pictures and came across this site.

the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago.

http://www.ccamuseum.org/Places.html

Part of what it is, is a historical tour of the buildings of Chinatown in Chigago.
Looks like something I will want to check out if and when I can get back to Chigago.

[MattW]

Was just surfing for pictures and came across this site.

the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago.

http://www.ccamuseum.org/Places.html

Part of what it is, is a historical tour of the buildings of Chinatown in Chigago.
Looks like something I will want to check out if and when I can get back to Chigago.

Great link- interestingly enough Chicago is the meeting city for the 2009 Association of Asian Studies conference.

[kaiselin]

Just found this link.

It is a list of major museums in China:From this link you can be directed to info on many different types of museums in China

http://www.chinacult...um/node_225.htm


From this link you can be directed to info on each of the history museums listed below.
http://www.chinacult...um/node_226.htm

Palace Museum

The National Museum of China

The Capital Museum

Tianjin Museum

Santiaoshi Historical Museum of Tianjin City

The Museum of Hebei Province

Shanxi Provincial Museum

Datong City Museum

Inner Mongolian Museum

Museum of Zhelimu Prefecture

Liaoning Provincial Museum

Shenyang Palace Museum

Lvshun Museum

Jilin Provincial Museum

Puppet Manchurian Imperial Palace Museum

Jilin City Museum

Museum of Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture of Korean Ethnic Minority

Heilongjiang Provincial Museum

Shanghai History Museum

Nanjing Museum

Nanjing City Museum

The History Museum of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Nantong Museum

Suzhou Museum

Wuxi City Museum

Yangzhou Museum

Zhenjiang Museum

Zhejiang Provincial Museum

Xikou Museum at Fenghua

Anhui Provincial Museum

Haozhou City Museum

Fujian Provincial Museum

Jiangxi Provincial Museum

Shandong Provincial Museum

Qingdao Museum

Henan Museum

Luoyang Museum

Kaifeng City Museum

Hubei Provincial Museum

Museum of Jingzhou Prefecture in Hubei

Hunan Provincial Museum

Guangdong Provincial Museum

Guangzhou Municipal Museum

Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Guilin Museum

Liuzhou City Museum

Sichuan Provincial Museum

Sichuan University Museum

Exhibition Hall of Landlord Manor at Dayi

Museum of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province

Chongqing Museum

Guizhou Provincial Museum

Yunnan Provincial Museum

Xi'an Museum

Xianyang Museum

Baoji Museum

Gansu Provincial Museum

Wuwei City Museum

Qinghai Provincial Museum

Museum of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Taipei Palace Museum

National History Museum of Taiwan

Taiwan Provincial Museum

Hong Kong Museum

Macao Museum

Edited by kaiselin, 22 January 2009 - 11:07 AM.

[MattW]

Has anyone been to the Museum of the Chinese Revolution?

[William O'Chee]

Has anyone been to the Museum of the Chinese Revolution?

No, where is that?

[MattW]

No, where is that?

It is part of the National Museum of China.

[William O'Chee]

It is part of the National Museum of China.

I didn't get to the NMC at all during my visit last year. I did, however, do some really good visits to the old walls, or what remains of them. But that is another HLJ article, maybe...

Edited by William O'Chee, 23 January 2009 - 03:34 AM.

[changsham]

For anyone who lives in Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne has a permanent collection of Chinese artifacts on display which is very impressive.

Edited by changsham, 23 January 2009 - 07:05 AM.

[crawford]

Where I live there are few Chinese artifact exhibits in museums so I am curious - where are the best museum collections (especially in the US)?
Perhaps the readers here could post reviews of their local museums?
Maybe list the types of collections, general impressions, and if visitors can take photographs (so we can share online).

It seems like this would belong in the gallery/museum section but that section specifically asks for pictures/artwork, not reviews.

Thanks for listening!

If you are not too far from Palm Beach County, the Morikami has beautiful gardens and a museum with rotating exhibits, mostly Japanese, and the Norton has a small ( the entire second floor) but beautiful and well displayed selection of Chinese art, some wonderful jades and bronzes.