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Asia Society and Museum

Address: 725 Park Ave., at 70th St., Upper East Side, New York, NY, 10021 | Map It
Phone: 212/288-6400
www.asiasociety.org

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: New York City

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 3.8/5

Fodor's Review:

The Asian art collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III forms the museum's major holdings, which include South Asian stone and bronze sculptures; art from India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan; bronze vessels, ceramics, sculpture, and paintings from China; Korean ceramics; and paintings, wooden sculptures, and ceramics from Japan. Founded in 1956, the society has a regular program of lectures, films, and performances, in addition to changing exhibitions. Trees grow in the Garden café, which serves an eclectically Asian menu for lunch and dinner.

Cost: $10; free Fri. 6-9
Open: Tues.-Sun. 11-6; open until 9 pm on Fri. from the day after Labor Day-July 3
Subway: 6 to 68th St./Hunter College

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Reviewed by bachslunch from US on 3/1/09
A very worthwhile small museum that concentrates on Rockefeller's collected Asian art, mostly sculpture and ceramics. High quality stuff. Has had its material out on loan to other museums and wasn't a functioning gallery at one point, not a great thing to find out on a spur-of-the-moment visit. Check to make sure it has exhibits available before going -- but if it does, it's very much worth seeing.