Asian Art and Culture in Los Angeles
Society for Asian Art and Asian Art Museum are separate non-profit organizations with separate memberships. Please use the appropriate registration buttons to register for Society programs.
This trip is now sold out! If you would like to be on the wait list, please complete the trip registration forms. Please contact Meg MacDonald of Travel Muse Inc. at (617) 480-0250 or meg@travelmuse.net with any questions.
Open for Registration Now!
Asian Art and Culture in Los Angeles
Sept. 15 - 20, 2025
Join us for curator-led tours at some of LA’s major art museums. Highlights include visits to LACMA’s exhibition, Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia, featuring more than 180 works from their permanent collection; The Getty’s collection of Chinese porcelain; The Hammer’s exhibition, Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints; and The Broad’s collection of influential modern and contemporary artists. Our trip will also include visits to three private collections. We will stay at the Palihotel Westwood Village, a 55-room boutique hotel on a quiet residential street within walking distance to a variety of cafes and restaurants. All this and more!
An email with trip details and registration instructions was sent on May 5 to all SAA members and newsletter subscribers. Click on the image of the trip flyer below to learn more about this trip, including an overview and program information.
Reservations will be accepted ONLY BY USING THE ONLINE LINK to complete the registration form, submit payment via a major credit card, electronic check or paper check, and sign the partipant tour agreement, which includes the release from liability, assumption of risk and binding arbitration clause for the tour operator, Travel Muse Inc. A complete itinerary is also available through the online link. If you have any questions regarding this trip or the online registration and payment platform, please contact Meg MacDonald of Travel Muse Inc. at (617) 480-0250 or meg@travelmuse.net. You can also copy and paste the reservation link, https://tri.ps/KgyOK, into a web browser.
Acceptance will be determined by the earliest sign up date and a waiting list will be established. This trip is limited to a maximum of 20 SAA members and is expected to fill immediately, so it is important to sign up as soon as registration opens.
Photo captions:
Left: The Buddhist Deities Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Tibet (by a Newar artist), circa 15th century. Mineral pigments and traces of gold on cotton cloth, 54 x 45 in. (137.16 x 114.3 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, M.70.1.3. Photo courtesy of LACMA.
Center: Lidded Vase; artist unknown; about 1730; hard-paste porcelain with enameled decoration; 72.DE.62. Photo courtesy of The Getty Center.
Right: James Irvine Japanese Garden, Little Tokyo. Photo courtesy of JACCC.
Registration Policies
The Society for Asian Art's cancellation policy requires at least one week's advance written notice in order to receive a refund of registration fees. This excludes our Travel programs, which have separate cancellation policies, as well as any programs where a specific refund policy is stated on the event page. Your fees will be returned to you through a check in the mail. To cancel, please contact us.
For programs located within the Asian Art Museum, the museum entrance fee must be paid separately and is not included with your registration fee.
Please note that by registering for a program, you are giving consent to the SAA to be photographed or videoed as a participant.