Museum of Asian Art
Palea Anaktora, Kerkira 491 00, Greece Phone: +30 2661 030443 Not AvailableAbout
The Museum of Asian Art of Corfu is a museum in the Palace of St. Michael and St. George in Corfu , Greece . The only museum in Greece dedicated to the art of Asia , it has collections of Chinese art , Japanese art , Indian art and others.The collection contains some eleven thousand objects, the oldest from the 11th century BC. Artistic collections include Japanese printed pictures, Chinese porcelain, and Indian sculptures in bronze and other materials plus wood carvings. Some of the wood and bronze items are of superb quality and depict gods and goddesses engaged in erotic scenes. The museum is set in the well-preserved rooms of the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, built during the British rule, with ornate furniture and decorations from that period.
Administratively, the museum is a Special Regional Service of the Ministry of Culture, with the aim of researching and protecting the cultural heritage of Asia and promote it in Greece and Europe. It is a member of the Asia-Europe Museum Network. The entrance fee in March 2013 is 3 euros. The museum has a number of postcards on sale plus a book of Chinese pottery in the collection as well as an overall guide that omits the major Indian works of art on display.
