As part of our Myths and Monsters week, join us to celebrate the festival of Halloween with an ESEA twist. Get creative with the different creatures as you explore myths and folklore from across the continent. Create your own hybrid monster inspired by creatures made up of lots of different animals from across the globe.
Learn more about the different myths and monsters from East and Southeast Asia this October half term. Find out which creatures look scary but are actually sweet, and which will snap you up as soon as you see them! Match up ESEA monsters to their most similar European counterparts and learn about similarities and differences (… continued)
It’s Genghis Khan’s birthday! Well, we think! No one knows the exact date of his birth, but in Mongolia, they have made the first day of winter his symbolic birthday. This year that is on 20 November. Come to MEAA for a special day of crafting to learn more about this ferocious leader and how (… continued)
Sessions available: 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 Learn about traditional Japanese tea culture through this Tea Ceremony hosted in our museum galleries. Try ceremonial grade matcha tea prepared for you by your host, Yukie Williams. With over a decade’s experience in practising tea ceremonies, known as sadō (茶道), Yukie Williams draws inspiration from both (… continued)
Sessions available: 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 Learn about traditional Japanese tea culture through this Tea Ceremony hosted in our museum galleries. Try ceremonial grade matcha tea prepared for you by your host, Yukie Williams. With over a decade’s experience in practising tea ceremonies, known as sadō (茶道), Yukie Williams draws inspiration from both (… continued)
Sessions available: 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 Take a break from Georgian cream teas and experience another type of tea ceremony with this traditional Japanese experience. Try ceremonial grade matcha tea prepared for you by your host, Yukie Williams. With over a decade’s experience in practising tea ceremonies, known as sadō (茶道), Yukie Williams (… continued)
Come along to the Museum this Jane Austen festival to paint a beautiful design on your fan and elevate your elegance according to Georgian fashions. Learn about the history of the folding fan and how it made its way from East Asia and into Jane Austen’s hands. A blank paper fan will be provided along (… continued)
Step into Jane Austen’s world through the unexpected lens of East Asia. During Jane Austen Festival Week, discover how East and Southeast Asian art and culture shaped daily life in Georgian Britain from tea rituals to porcelain prestige with a unique tour that connects Bath to East Asia. Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary at the (… continued)
Step into Jane Austen’s world through the unexpected lens of East Asia. During Jane Austen Festival Week, discover how East and Southeast Asian art and culture shaped daily life in Georgian Britain from tea rituals to porcelain prestige with a unique tour that connects Bath to East Asia. Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary at the (… continued)
Step into Jane Austen’s world through the unexpected lens of East Asia. During Jane Austen Festival Week, discover how East and Southeast Asian art and culture shaped daily life in Georgian Britain from tea rituals to porcelain prestige with a unique tour that connects Bath to East Asia. Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary at the (… continued)
Step into Jane Austen’s world through the unexpected lens of East Asia. During Jane Austen Festival Week, discover how East and Southeast Asian art and culture shaped daily life in Georgian Britain from tea rituals to porcelain prestige with a unique tour that connects Bath to East Asia. Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary at the (… continued)
Explore sakura cherry blossoms and ikebana through this creative craft activity! Create pretty paper flowers and use them to make your own ikebana display to take home. Learn about what these flowers mean in East and Southeast Asia while you get creative with this centuries-old artform. Recommended for ages 5 to 12. No need to (… continued)
In 2025, the 80-year anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we are inviting all of our visitors to fold an origami crane as part of the #CranesforOurFuture campaign. Take your crane away with you or add it to our display in memory of the victims of the atomic bomb and in the hope (… continued)
Sessions available: 15:00 – 17:00 18:00 – 20:00 A monster movie with meaning. Join us at the Museum for a rare screening of Godzilla (1954), the iconic Japanese film that launched the kaiju genre. More than just a creature feature, Ishirō Honda’s original Godzilla is a haunting allegory of post-war trauma, nuclear anxiety, and humanity’s fragile relationship with nature and (… continued)
Learn more about the Four Noble Plants through our LEGO® trail this summer! Inspired by our exhibition In Bloom, explore the galleries to find LEGO® versions of the four flowers and plants hidden among the Museum objects. Discover the symbolism of these flowers and plants and learn why they hold such deep meaning in Chinese (… continued)
Learn the techniques of making and decorating your own Nerikiri sweets with a hands-on workshop led by Japanese confectionary artist Ryoko. Nerikiri is a traditional Japanese sweet that is highly decorative, often representing the beauty of the four seasons. Kneaded from mix of sweet bean paste, glutinous rice flour, and natural food colouring, they are (… continued)
Discover how flowers have inspired generations of artists across East and Southeast Asia through a display of floral-themed objects from the Museum’s collection, shown alongside the work of contemporary artists and makers. Experience Hiroko Imada’s cherry blossom forest installation Sakura Saku 桜咲く. Discover Wen-Hsi Harman’s ceramic sculpture Rose Petals, a reflection on the distance between (… continued)
Dragons, Dragons, Dragons is a family-focused exhibition, showcasing over 50 dragon-themed objects from the Museum’s collection. Explore the stories and symbolism of dragons across China, Japan, and Korea through our family-friendly activities. Design your own dragon to hang in our ‘Dragon Gallery’; write your own dragon myth; and learn more about their history through our (… continued)
This 30th anniversary exhibition pays tribute to Brian Shane McElney OBE, who founded the Museum of East Asian Art in 1993, and who passed away on 26 April 2023 at the age of 90. Through a series of rare historical photographs, and a display of 30 treasures from the collection, this exhibition uncovers hidden stories (… continued)
The Museum of East Asian Art (MEAA) in Bath is delighted to present an exciting new exhibition Connecting Threads: Fashion Inspired by the MEAA Collection which opens on 28 June and runs until 20 December 2023. Working in partnership with the Museum, and taking inspiration from objects in the Museum’s collection, students from the Art (… continued)
The exhibition showcases a series of prints selected from Muban Educational Trust’s collection of over 6,000 and tells the story of China’s twentieth-century wars, revolution and rejuvenation. The exhibition explores artistic trends, political movements and technical developments in modern Chinese printmaking. The works presented mark several significant anniversaries in China’s modern history, including the May (… continued)
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view the work by Hong Kong photographer, Nancy Sheung. This is only the second time that Nancy’s work has been shown in the UK. Nancy’s work is often focused on the female and has a strong emphasis on patterns and lines. It stands out from her contemporaries in (… continued)
Book your timed ticket Judo was devised by Jigorō Kanō (1860-1938) in the 1880s derived from more ancient forms of the Japanese martial arts known as jūjutsu. He described judo as ‘not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for (… continued)