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

Chen Zhen, Drawing for Jardin Lavoir, 2000, ink painting and collage on paper, 100 x 70 cm

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