Museum of Asian Art

The Museum of Asian Art is located in the Humboldt Forum.

The Museum of Asian Art houses one of the world's most significant collections of artworks from the Indo-Asian cultural sphere, dating from the 4th millennium B.C. to the present.

Since December 4, 2006, the Museum of East Asian Art and the Museum of Indian Art have been merged into the Museum of Asian Art and are operated as departments of the new Museum of Asian Art (German: Museum für Asiatische Kunst). In September 2021, the Museum of Asian Art reopened alongside the Ethnological Museum at Berlin's Humboldt Forum.

Indian art from all major periods

The Art Collection of South, Southeast and Central Asia (formerly the Museum of Indian Art) offers a representative overview of the art of the entire Indian cultural sphere, which - within its current political borders - extends across the Indian subcontinent, including Afghanistan Pakistan, and as far as Sri Lanka, and encompasses the Himalayan countries as well as Southeast Asia and Central Asia (Xinjiang). Buddhist, Jain and Hindu works from all major periods are represented.

Unique artifacts at the Museum of Asian Art

The collection focuses on Indian and Southeast Asian terracotta, stone sculptures and bronzes. In addition, masterpieces of miniature painting and decorative arts from the Islamic period are on display. At the heart of the collection are the globally unique Central Asian murals and sculptures, primarily from Buddhist cave temples along the Silk Road. The art collection features a Japanese tea room, Bôki, which serves both as an exhibition space and as a venue for tea ceremony demonstrations.

Calligraphy from China, Japan and Korea

The full spectrum of art from China, Japan and Korea is presented in dedicated galleries as well as in a study collection. Every quarter, works of visual and calligraphic art are displayed from new thematic perspectives. This allows visitors to continually discover new aspects of this central area of the collection. Other light-sensitive works of art, such as lacquerware and textiles, are also rotated quarterly.

The art collection features a Japanese tea room, Bôki, which serves both as an exhibition space and a venue for tea ceremony demonstrations. Among the highlights is the collection of Japanese paintings and East Asian lacquer art belonging to Klaus Friedrich Naumann, an art dealer and collector born in Berlin and based in Tokyo.

Address, Opening Hours and Contact Information

• Address:
  Schloßplatz
  10178 Berlin
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• Phone: [phone]
• Internet: www.smb.museum
• Opening Hours: Wednesday to Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
• Admission Fee:
  €14, concessions €7