The Guimet Asian Art Museum is dedicated to painting, sculpture, architecture and applied art from various parts of Asia. You can see, among others, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, fabrics from Central Asia, musical instruments, paintings painted on silk or a collection of Hindu and Buddhist sculptures.
The museum was founded on the basis of the collections of Emil Guimet, a French industrialist and traveler, who traveled around the world in the second half of the nineteenth century. The exhibits he brought in 1889 created two museums, in Lyon and Paris. Parisian is dedicated to art from Asia.
The exhibition is divided into geographical regions and countries that make up the continent. Thanks to this arrangement, you can observe the cultural diversity of Asia. You can see various forms of art from painting and sculpture to handicrafts. The local collection of fabrics, clothing and fashion accessories from the Krishna Riboud collection is particularly valuable.
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