The Sack of the Summer Palace, Second Opium War
Lecture by Bernard Brizay, historian and journalist. With its looting and burning in October 1860, the destruction of the Summer Palace in Beijing (the Yuanmingyuan) entered and remains [...]


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.
Left photo: Bear in gilded bronze. China. Han period

Lecture by Bernard Brizay, historian and journalist. With its looting and burning in October 1860, the destruction of the Summer Palace in Beijing (the Yuanmingyuan) entered and remains [...]
Guided tour of the exhibition at the MNAA – GUIMET. This exhibition, like others in various museums, commemorates the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and [...]






Journey of the Worlds
