East Asian Art

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The following museums have large East Asian art collections as well as considerable online content and exhibits that reflect the museum's holdings.

Art of Asia Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Asian Art at the Art Institute of Chicago   

Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas       

Freer and Sackler Museum of Asian Art at the Smithsonian

Japanese National Museum                        

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Asian Art Collections

San Antonio Museum of Art Asian Collection

Heaven and Earth Glowing Red (detail), 1964. Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904-1965) Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

The following are links to various East Asian art projects and resources online.

Getty Conservation Institute Wall Paintings at Mogao Grottoes project

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - East Asia

International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online