This category is for brick-and-mortar museums that house permanent collections of art of Asia. Chinese (6) Indian (2) Japanese (32) 1. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea NEW! - Paintings, porcelain, and metal work with many items displayed online. 2. Pacific Asia Museum - Exhibitions, public programs, and collections featuring the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands. Located in Pasedena, California. 3. Rama IX Art Museum NEW! - Bangkok, Thailand museum of contemporary and modern art. Features numerous artists' homepages, updated art exhibitions, galleries, and news. 4. The Gotoh Museum - Premodern art from Japan, China and Korea. Located in Tokyo. 5. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco NEW! - One of the largest museums in the Western world devoted to the arts and cultures of Asia. The permanent collections represent over 40 Asian countries spanning 6,000 years of history. Located in California. 6. Baur Collection NEW! - Exhibits one of the finest collections of Chinese porcelains, jades, and Japanese art treasures in Europe. Located in Geneva, Switzerland. 7. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery NEW! - The Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Gallery of Art: the National Museums of Asian Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. Well organized, easy to navigate, and contains a plethora of information. 8. Hanoi Museum of Fine Arts Ethnology Exhibits NEW! - Photos of the exhibit includes clothing and other cultural displays. Located in Vietnam. 9. Museum of East Asian Art - Based in a restored Georgian building in Bath, England, this unique museum houses a fine collection of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian treasures dating from c.5000 BC. 10. Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet NEW! - French museum of Asian art, with 50,000 works of art from 17 Asian countries. Located in Paris, France. 11. National Gallery of Australia - Asian Art Collection NEW! - Works of Asian art in this collection range from Neolithic and early Metal Age ceramics from Iran, Japan, Thailand and China, to installations created in the 1990s. Located in Canberra. 12. National Palace Museum, Taipei NEW! - Exhibits a fine collection of Asian art including bronzes, lacquerware, textiles and religious artifacts. Online exhibit includes selected works with explanatory text. Located in Taiwan. 13. Peabody Essex Museum - Collections exceed 2.4 million works of art and culture in twenty-four buildings, including the Yin Yu Tang, the only complete Qing Dynasty house located outside China. Includes a visitor's guide, programs, events, volunteerism and directions to the location in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. 14. Singapore Art Museum NEW! - Features the national collection of 20th century art. Site contains information on the museum's exhibitions, highlights, and calendar of events. 15. Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Modern art museum specializing in artists from Taiwan, but also contains an international collection of art. 16. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Korea NEW! - Explore the Arts of Korea exhibit at the Met, including Korean ceramic works, metalwork, decorative arts, Buddhist sculpture, paintings, and the Arts of Korea Gallery. Located in New York, New York. 17. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art NEW! - Paintings, prints, calligraphy, sculptures, metal works, and lacquers from ancient to modern China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Located in New York, New York. 18. The Musée des Arts Asiatiques - Collections of works that combine the arts of the court and folk or tribal art, in addition to contemporary creations. Nice, France. 19. Wing Luke Asian Museum - Founded in 1967, this affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, features exhibitions, membership, hours, admission rates, a newsletter, and a calendar of events and programs. Located in Seattle, Washington.

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