Past Exhibitions

This 30th anniversary exhibition pays tribute to Brian Shane McElney OBE, who founded the Museum of East Asian Art in [... continued]

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The Museum of East Asian Art (MEAA) in Bath is delighted to present an exciting new exhibition Connecting Threads: Fashion [... continued]

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The exhibition showcases a series of prints selected from Muban Educational Trust’s collection of over 6,000 and tells the story [... continued]

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This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view the work by Hong Kong photographer, Nancy Sheung. This is only the [... continued]

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Book your timed ticket Judo was devised by Jigorō Kanō (1860-1938) in the 1880s derived from more ancient forms of [... continued]

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This exhibition showcases the award-winning and highly commended photos from the Global SinoPhoto Awards 2021. The photographs fall under four categories: ‘Home’, ‘Environment’, ‘Work & Play’ and ‘Water’, as 2022 is the Year of the Water Tiger. The overall winning photo from 2020 – the inaugural year of GSPA – will be also on show.

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Explores the culture of food and drink in China through a wide range of vessels made of different materials and used by various social classes over centuries.

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The exquisite objects in the collection of the Museum of East Asian Art are now seen and enjoyed as wonderful works of art. However, many of them were originally utilitarian items used in daily life.

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The Museum of East Asian Art’s collection of Chinese objects spans 7,000 years, from the Neolithic to modern times. We celebrate our 25th Anniversary with a special exhibition displaying the extraordinary human inventiveness and creativity in the development of Chinese art.

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For Beijing-based artist Zhang Yanzi, wellness is a quest for mental and physical reassurance. From boiling herbal ingredients for an [... continued]

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A British Museum Partnership Exhibition This exhibition explores the intricate accessories worn by Japanese men during the Edo period (1615-1868). [... continued]

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This exhibition showcases some of the top favourite objects from the Museum’s collection chosen by visitors of all ages, and [... continued]

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MEAA is delighted to host a small selection of paintings from the Hong Ling retrospective exhibition touring Europe. The exhibition [... continued]

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The colour red has a strong affiliation with China and it has played an important role in Chinese culture for [... continued]

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For the many visitors coming to the Museum of East Asian Art, objects in the museum’s collection may appear exotic [... continued]

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Reflections is the first UK solo exhibition of Wu Lan-Chiann, Chinese ink painting artist.  This exhibit shows a selection of Wu [... continued]

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This exhibition is the result of the first oral history project that looks into the previously unexplored history of immigrants [... continued]

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The exhibition explores the idea of “treasure” and illustrates how objects were valued for various reasons by different groups of [... continued]

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath to the public. [... continued]

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In the exhibition, the artist, Dr Koon draws inspirations from the Museum of East Asian Art’s collection and creates new [... continued]

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