Chinese jades from the Neolithic to the 20th century
Lecture by Christophe Comentale, Honorary Chief Curator at the Museum-Musée de l'Homme. We do not joke with jade in China! It is too hard and also too symbolic! Jade is [...]
the Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum
Founded in 1922 and recognized of public interest since 1986,
The Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum aims to enrich the collections of the Cernuschi Museum, the Asian Arts Museum of the city of Paris, through active research for patronage and to promote knowledge of Asian arts and cultures through the organization of monthly conferences and guided tours of exhibitions.
From the beginning of the twentieth century, the Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum contributed to the rediscovery of ancient Asia through major acquisitions in the field of Chinese archeology. At the same time, the museum and the Society of Friends play a pioneering role for Asian artists active in Paris, and bring into the permanent collections modern and contemporary works from China, Japan, Vietnam and Korea.
To be a member is to benefit ...
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free admission to the temporary exhibitions of the Cernuschi Museum.
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a reduction of 50% on the Paris Museums pass giving free access to the exhibitions of the municipal museums au lieu de Paris Museum Pass.
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Free Paris Museums pass for benefactor members
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free admission to conferences in the auditorium and museum tours
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the free catalogs of exhibitions of the Cernuschi Museum for benefactor members.
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a reduction of 5% on the catalogs of the Cernuschi Museum
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a reduction of 30% on books published by the Ecole Française d'Extreme-Orient, reserved for benefactor members.
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participation in tours organized by the Society of Friends
Left photo: Bear in gilded bronze. China. Han period
acquisitions
Adopt a work of art
Whether you are an individual or a company, concerned about the preservation and the enrichment of the collections of a museum that is close to your heart, you can adopt a work of art (object or painting from China, Japan , Vietnam or Korea) with a view to its restoration or acquisition.
Conferences
Reports
Yun Duseo (1668-1715), painter-literate from Joseon - A self-portrait between the art of painting and the art of writing
Video-conference by Ryu Nae-young, doctor of art history, specialist in Yun Duseo. Yun Tu-sŏ was born in 1668 into a wealthy literate family of high officials, the Yun of the city of [...]
