Musée Cernuschi
museum of Asian art in Paris, France
The Musée Cernuschi (French pronunciation: [myze tʃɛʁnuski]; 'Cernuschi Museum'), officially also the Musée des arts de l'Asie de la Ville de Paris ('Asian Arts Museum of the City of Paris'), is an Asian art museum located at 7 avenue Vélasquez, near Parc Monceau, in Paris, France. Its Asian art collection is second in Paris only to that of the Musée Guimet.
The nearest Paris Métro stops to the museum are Villiers or Monceau on Line 2.
History
The museum was founded in 1898 by Henri Cernuschi (1821–1896) in the mansion that used to be his home. It describes itself as the second-oldest Asian art museum in France, and the fifth-oldest Chinese art museum in Europe.
Following a major renovation project from 2001 to 2005, during which the museum was closed, its total exhibition space reached 3,200 m2. Another renovation was conducted in 2019–2020.
On 1 January 2013, the Cernuschi Museum became part of the public institution Paris Musées, together with 13 other museums belonging to the City of Paris.
Collections
Over the years, the museum's collection has gradually grown from nearly 5,000 objects initially to about 15,000 as of 2021. Originally its collections were overwhelmingly of objects from China and Japan, which have been complemented more recently by artefacts from Korea and Vietnam.
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