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 ...

free admission to the temporary exhibitions of the Cernuschi Museum.
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.
Free Paris Museums pass for benefactor members
free admission to conferences in the auditorium and museum tours
the free catalogs of exhibitions of the Cernuschi Museum for benefactor members.
a reduction of 5% on the catalogs of the Cernuschi Museum
a reduction of 30% on books published by the Ecole Française d'Extreme-Orient, reserved for benefactor members.
participation in tours organized by the Society of Friends

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

A CENTURY OF ACQUISITIONS

One work per week

Among the works donated by the Society of Friends to the museum, discover a masterpiece every week.

Through the variety of forms and techniques of these symbolic works or these everyday objects, discover like Henri Cernuschi during his great journey, the history of the great Asian civilizations embodied by China, Japan, Korea or the Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day.

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THE RETURN OF THE DRAGONS

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A CENTURY OF ACQUISITIONS

CENTENARY OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

On the occasion of its centenary, the Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum wished to donate to the museum a work of which no copy existed in the collections.

Rhinoceros horn cup. H. 20 cm. Qing Dynasty. 18th century.

acquisitions

For the reopening of the Buddha room you will discover a monumental wooden sculpture of nearly twelve meters representing dragons.

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Buddha Hall with the sculpture of the Japanese dragons restored and reinstated in its original location.©Paris Museums / Cernuschi Museum Photo Pierre-Antoine

Conferences

Later Chosǒn Painting (18th-19th Century) – Hwawon Scholars and Professional Painters

14th May 2025 Conferences

Conference at 18:00 p.m. by Okyang CHAE-DUPORGE, Lecturer at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne. The hwawon scholars and professional painters are the main actors in the production [...]

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Reports

In Paris, dreaming of Vietnam – Emulation and style kinship during the Parisian period of Lê Phô, Mai-Thu and Vu Cao Dam (1937-1949)

16th October, 2024 Conference Reports, VIETNAM

Lecture by Anne Fort, curator in charge of the Southeast Asia and Central Asia collection at the Cernuschi Museum. On the occasion of and in connection with the exhibition “Lê Phô, Mai-Thu, Vu Cao Dam – [...]