Please join us on a spring trip to Minneapolis. A highlight of the trip will be visiting the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which has one of the finest and most comprehensive Asian art collections in the country. Curator-led tours will focus on Asian art galleries boasting some 16,800 objects, ranging from ancient pottery and bronzes to works by contemporary artists, with nearly every Asian culture represented.
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Open for Reservation Now! Mesmerizing Mongolia July 2-18, 2025
January 7, 2025
Join us on a journey of a lifetime through the land of Genghis Khan. Together with the renowned scholar of Mongolia art and culture, Dr. Uranchimeg (Orna) Tsultem, you will have an opportunity to unveil mysteries of ancient and modern Mongolia, one of the least known countries left on earth. This trip will offer a great taste of the country including the mighty Gobi Desert and Orkhon Valley region in Central Mongolia strewn with remains of ancient monuments and Buddhist monasteries. You will have a chance to witness one of the greatest and most colorful cultural events – Naadam Games.
January-February 2025 Newsletter
January 3, 2025
Here is the January-February 2025 newsletter! Check out the programs featured in the newsletter and sign up today!
If you haven't yet, please sign up for the Spring 2025 Arts of Asia lecture series, Visualizing the Divine, which will begin on January 31, 2025. The advance registration deadline is January 24, 2025, after which the late registration fees will be in effect.
November-December 2024 Newsletter
October 10, 2024
Here is the November-December 2024 newsletter! Check out the programs featured in the newsletter and sign up today!
There is still time to register for the October 17 member event webinar, Against Time: Isamu Noguchi's Museum Experiment with Matthew Kirsch, Curator and Director of Research at The Noguchi Museum. If you are interested, please sign up now.
If you haven't yet, please sign up for the October 19 study group, Indonesia's Indigenous Textiles with Jean Howe and William Ingram, co-founders of Threads of Life.
Reminders about Fall 2024 Arts of Asia Lectures and Sign Up Now for October Programs
October 3, 2024
Please note that there is no Arts of Asia lecture this Friday, October 4. Please do not come to the museum! The next lecture will be on Friday, October 11 on Women Artists in the AAM Contemporary Collection with Abby Chen, Contemporary Art Department Head at the Asian Art Museum. In addition, the October 25 Arts of Asia lecture will be held in Koret Education Center instead of Samsung Hall. Check out the latest schedule of speakers and topics on the Fall 2024 Arts of Asia webpage.
If you haven't yet, sign up now for these upcoming October programs!
Sign Up Now for September & October Programs
September 6, 2024
If you haven't yet, sign up now for September and October programs!
It's not too late to sign up for the Fall 2024 Arts of Asia lecture series, Beyond the Familiar: A Deeper Look into the Asian Art Museum Collection, and the Fall 2024 Literature Course, In Pursuit of Qu Yuan (343-277 BCE), which starts this Sunday! Please sign up online.
September-October 2024 Newsletter
August 5, 2024
The September-October 2024 newsletter is now available online! Check out the programs featured and sign up today!
Sign Up Now for July and August Programs
July 6, 2024
Don't forget to sign up for the Fall 2024 Arts of Asia lecture series, Beyond the Familiar: A Deeper Look into the Asian Art Museum Collection, which will begin on August 30. The advance registration deadline is August 23!
Sign Up Now for Island of Serenity: Exploring Sri Lanka
June 19, 2024
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Island of Serenity: Exploring Sri Lanka
Jan. 18 - Feb. 3, 2025
July-August 2024 Newsletter
June 13, 2024
The July-August 2024 newsletter is now available online! Check out the programs featured and sign up today!