Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet

Founded in 1889, the Guimet museum has the most comprehensive collection of Asian art in the world and the largest in Europe. Initially based in Lyon and later transferred to Paris, it was the brainchild of Émile Guimet, a visionary and passionate entrepreneur, who decided to create a museum of religions following a decisive trip to Egypt. Today, the Guimet museum houses a collection of Asian art spanning 7,000 years of history, from Afghanistan to Japan, India, China, Korea and South-East Asia, from the Neolithic period to the present day.

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Silla : Gold and the Sacred. Royal Treasures of Korea (57 BCE – 935 CE)

20 May 2026 31 August 2026

Thanks to an exceptional collaboration with the Gyeongju National Museum and other South Korean and French museums, the Guimet Museum is presenting, for the first time in Europe, an exhibition on the Kingdom of Silla (57 BCE - 935 CE), one of the most brilliant civilisations in East Asia

Curators :

Dr Arnaud Bertrand, curator of the Korea - Ancient China collections at the Guimet Museum

Yim Jaewan, senior curator at the Gyeongju National Museum

Yun Seogyeong, assistant Curator at the Gyeongju National Museum

Exhibition organised by the Guimet - National Museum of Asian Arts and the National Museum of Gyeongju (South Korea)

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75116 Paris

Phone : 01 56 52 54 17

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