Travel around the world through hundreds of years of history with the art of China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, and the Islamic world. Spanning much of the first floor, the Asian art galleries tell a multitude of stories through breathtaking jade sculptures, intricate metalworking, centuries of ceramics, and more.
Arts of West, South, and Southeast Asia
Ongoing
The newly redesigned Arts of West, South, and Southeast Asia Gallery displays recent acquisitions and rarely seen works on paper, offering new context to the history and geopolitics of these artworks. Reimagined displays bring the impactful art in this gallery to life in new ways.
Tour the newly redesigned Arts of West, South, and Southeast Asia Gallery with Yagnaseni Datta, the Museum’s Sohail and Mona Masood Curator of Asian and Islamic Art, as she introduces the space and shares one of her favorite objects now on view.
Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor
Ongoing
Part of the Museum’s Higgins Armory Collection, this display of Japanese arms and armor features examples of expert design and metalwork in katanas, armor pieces, firearms, and elaborately articulated figurines from Japan’s Edo Period.
