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January 31, 2019

Asian Treasures from the Scripps College Collections

Thursday, January 31 1:00 pm Museum Boardroom Scripps is fortunate to have a large teaching collection of artworks from Asia, including over 2500 Japanese prints, more than 150 Ming and…

Published September 6, 2017

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

October 18, 2017

Bus Tour: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

Wednesday, October 18 Bus leaves East County at 7:30 a.m.; picks up in North County 8:30 a.m. Enjoy the unique treasures and grounds of the formidable Huntington. Featured on this…

Published May 26, 2017

Collections

The San Diego Museum of Art’s collections are all-encompassing with more than 20,000 objects from across the globe, and ranging…

January 28, 2022

Highlights from “Weaving Splendor: Treasures of Asian Textiles” at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Friday, January 28 1:00–3:00 p.m. PT Speakers: Ling-en Lu, Ph.D., Curator of East Asian Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kimberly Masteller, Ph.D., Jeanne McCray Beals Curator of South and…

Future Exhibition

Monet to Matisse: Impressionist Masterpieces from the Bemberg Foundation

The extraordinary works in this exhibition were collected by Georges Bemberg (1915–2011), the Argentine-French writer and musician who amassed one…

October 4, 2021

Pearls from the Ocean of Contentment: Selections from the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection

Monday, October 4 10:30 a.m. PT Speaker: Ladan Akbarnia, Ph.D., Curator of South Asian & Islamic Art at The San Diego Museum of Art The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection is…

Present Exhibition

Art of the Americas

Ongoing exhibition These galleries display a selection of works from the Museum’s collection of art from the Americas post 1900…

September 30, 2021

Butterflies on Chinese Art with a Special Focus on Chinese Snuff Bottles

Thursday, September 30 1:00–2:00 p.m. PT Speaker: Clare Chu, Director and Secretary, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Butterflies are rich in biological diversity; there are over 1,300 species in…

August 26, 2021

Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan

Thursday, August 26 1:00–2:00 p.m. PT Speaker: Dr. Bradley Bailey, Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Curator of Asian Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Japan’s Meiji Period…

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