National Museum of Asian Art | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/national-museum-asian-art/RSS feed for National Museum of Asian ArtenFri, 07 Apr 2023 20:45:01 +0000Don't Miss These Celebrity Performances by K-Pop Sensation Eric Nam, Breakout Star Raveena and Many Morehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2023/04/07/dont-miss-celebrity-performances-by-k-pop-sensation-eric-nam-breakout-star-raveena-and-many-more/Exciting new free programs announced in celebration of the museum's centennial for Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthFri, 07 Apr 2023 20:45:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2023/04/07/dont-miss-celebrity-performances-by-k-pop-sensation-eric-nam-breakout-star-raveena-and-many-more/The Guiding Hand of Past Mastershttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2021/08/16/guiding-hand-past-masters/If you’re a book lover, you might enjoy exploring the Pulverer Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books, acquired in 2007 by the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Formed over a span of thirty years by Dr. Gerhard Pulverer and his wife Rosemarie, the collection includes over 900 titles (totaling approximately 2,200 volumes) mostly from the Edo period (1603–1868), although there are a number of twentieth-century works as well.Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2021/08/16/guiding-hand-past-masters/Behind the Scenes: Imaging A Japanese Handscrollhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2021/05/22/scientific-imaging-japanese-handscroll/Learn how conservators at the National Museum of Asian Art preserved this fragile Japanese hand scroll "Miraculous Interventions of Jizo Bosatsu."Sat, 22 May 2021 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2021/05/22/scientific-imaging-japanese-handscroll/Cicadas as Symbols of Rebirth in Chinese Arthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2021/05/11/cicada-china/Learn about the cicada’s longstanding role in Chinese culture from the collections of the National Museum of Asian Art.Tue, 11 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2021/05/11/cicada-china/This Day in Freer History: May 5, 1906https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2021/05/05/day-freer-history-may-5-1906/On this day in 1906, Charles Lang Freer and the Smithsonian Institution agreed to the donation of his art collection and funds for the building of a museum to house it. Wed, 05 May 2021 14:40:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-asian-art/2021/05/05/day-freer-history-may-5-1906/