The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Swedish: Östasiatiska museet), located in Stockholm, Sweden, is a museum launched by Sweden's Parliament in 1926, with the Swedish archaeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960) as founding director. The museum is located on Skeppsholmen in the building Tyghuset and since 1999 the museum is a part of the public Swedish National Museums of World Culture.
The museum was originally based mainly on Andersson's groundbreaking discoveries in China, during the 1920s, of a hitherto unknown East Asian prehistory. The museum today has wide-ranging collections from Japan, Korea, India and China. It exhibits of both archeology, classical arts and contemporary culture, and holds a large research library open to the public. The last time the museum published a comprehensive catalog was 1963 (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities: Album). The museum also publishes an annual journal focused on research on ancient East Asia, the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities.
Japanese samurai armour back view. Made of iron, leather and silk. 19th century.
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Jain Tirthankara Sculpture, Red sandstone, India, 8th century
Ganesha, India, Chola dynasty, 12th century AD
Monkey gives honey to Buddha Shakyamuni, Kurkihar hoard, India, Pala dynasty, c. 1000 AD
Amitabha Buddha, China, Northern Wei dynasty, c. 520 AD
Armor, Japan, 19th century
Standing Buddha, Korea, Unified Silla dynasty, 8th century AD
Avalokitesvara from Rig Sum Gonpo, collected by Sven Hedin in 1930, Efi Khalkha temple, Mongolia
museum, eastern, antiquities, stockholm, museum, eastern, antiquities, swedish, östasiatiska, museet, located, stockholm, sweden, museum, launched, sweden, parliament, 1926, with, swedish, archaeologist, johan, gunnar, andersson, 1874, 1960, founding, director. The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Swedish Ostasiatiska museet located in Stockholm Sweden is a museum launched by Sweden s Parliament in 1926 with the Swedish archaeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson 1874 1960 as founding director The museum is located on Skeppsholmen in the building Tyghuset and since 1999 the museum is a part of the public Swedish National Museums of World Culture The Museum of Far Eastern AntiquitiesOstasiatiska museetMuseum of Far Eastern AntiquitiesEstablished1926 1926 LocationStockholm SwedenCoordinates59 19 37 N 18 04 55 E 59 327 N 18 082 E 59 327 18 082Websitewww wbr varldskulturmuseerna wbr se wbr ostasiatiskamuseet wbr Contents 1 Overview 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksOverview editThe museum was originally based mainly on Andersson s groundbreaking discoveries in China during the 1920s of a hitherto unknown East Asian prehistory The museum today has wide ranging collections from Japan Korea India and China It exhibits of both archeology classical arts and contemporary culture and holds a large research library open to the public The last time the museum published a comprehensive catalog was 1963 Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Album The museum also publishes an annual journal focused on research on ancient East Asia the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities nbsp Japanese samurai armour back view Made of iron leather and silk 19th century Gallery edit nbsp Jain Tirthankara Sculpture Red sandstone India 8th century nbsp Ganesha India Chola dynasty 12th century AD nbsp Monkey gives honey to Buddha Shakyamuni Kurkihar hoard India Pala dynasty c 1000 AD nbsp Amitabha Buddha China Northern Wei dynasty c 520 AD nbsp Armor Japan 19th century nbsp Standing Buddha Korea Unified Silla dynasty 8th century AD nbsp Avalokitesvara from Rig Sum Gonpo collected by Sven Hedin in 1930 Efi Khalkha temple MongoliaSee also editJohan Gunnar Andersson Bernhard Karlgren the museum s second director References editExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ostasiatiska museet English language website listing exhibitions publications of the Museum at the Internet Archive including volumes 1 40 of the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities nbsp nbsp This article related to a museum in Sweden is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Stockholm amp oldid 1170870304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
