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  Location within Paris | |
| Established | 1879 |
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| Coordinates | 48°51′55″N2°17′38″E / 48.86528°N 2.29389°E /48.86528; 2.29389 |
| Type | Asianart |
| Website | www |
TheGuimet Museum (full name inFrench:Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet;MNAAG;abbr.Musée Guimet) is a Parisianart museum with one of the largest collections ofAsian art outside of Asia that includes items from Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Tibet, India, and Nepal, among other countries.
Founded in the late 19th century, it is located in the16th arrondissement ofParis, France, at 6, place d'Iéna. Its name literally translated into English is theNational Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet, orGuimet National Museum of Asian Arts.
Founded byÉmile Étienne Guimet, an industrialist, the museum first opened atLyon in 1879[1] but was later transferred to Paris, opening in the place d'Iéna in 1889.[2] Devoted to travel, Guimet was in 1876 commissioned by the minister of public instruction to study the religions of theFar East, and the museum contains many of the fruits of this expedition, including a fine collection of Chinese and Japaneseporcelain and objects relating not merely to the religions of the East, but also to those of ancientEgypt,Greece andRome. One of its wings, thePanthéon Bouddhique, displaysBuddhist artworks.[citation needed]
Some of the museum's artifacts, originating from Cambodia, are connected with the studies conducted by the first scholars to be interested in Khmer culture,Louis Delaporte andEtienne Aymonier. They sent examples of Khmer art to France at a time when museums were not existing in Southeast Asia, with the agreement of the King of Cambodia, to show to Europe the high level of the ancient Khmer culture.[citation needed]
From December 2006 to April 2007, the museum harboured collections of theKabul Museum, with archaeological pieces from theGreco-Bactrian city ofAi-Khanoum, and theIndo-Scythian treasure ofTillia Tepe.[citation needed]
In early 2024, theParliament of the Central Tibetan Administration was joined by a group of Asian scholars published on 03 September byLe Monde,[3] and by the French Senate's Tibet Support Group[4] in strongly criticizing the museum for removing the word "Tibet" from its catalogues and exhibitions.[5] Guimet Museum had changed the appellation of Tibet to "Himalayan World",[4] while a second museum,Musee du Quai Branly changed their appellation of Tibet to theChinese government's 2023 internal legal term,[3] "Xizang".[5][6][7][8] The use of the name "Xizang" is considered an "historical fraud"[5] by the group of Asian scholars published byLe Monde. By 25 September,Musee du Quai Branly had formally apologized to a delegation of six Tibetan activist groups.[4]
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