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The '''Guimet Museum''' (full name in {{lang-fr|'''Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet'''}}; '''MNAAG'''; {{small|abbr.}} {{lang|fr|'''Musée Guimet'''}}) is an [[art museum]] located at 6, place d'Iéna in the [[XVIe arrondissement|16th arrondissement]] of [[Paris]], France. Literally translated into English, its full name is the '''National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet''', or '''Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts'''.

The museum has one of the largest collections of [[Asian art]] outside of Asia.

==History==
[[File:Bibliotheque-musee-Guimet.jpg|thumb|Panoramic view of the library in the Guimet Museum]]
[[File:Musee guimet rdc.jpg|thumb|Ground floor of the museum.]]

Founded by [[Émile Étienne Guimet]], an industrialist, the museum first opened at [[Lyon]] in 1879<ref>[http://www.guimet.fr/fr/musee-guimet/histoire-du-musee-guimet History of the Museum (in French)].</ref> but was later transferred to Paris, opening in the place d'Iéna in 1889.<ref>''National museum Arts asiatiques – Guimet'', Marie-Catherine Rey ''et al.'' Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2001, translation by [[John Adamson (publisher)|John Adamson]], {{ISBN|2711838978}}, Chronology, p. 6.</ref> Devoted to travel, Guimet was in 1876 commissioned by the minister of public instruction to study the religions of the [[Far East]], and the museum contains many of the fruits of this expedition, including a fine collection of Chinese and Japanese [[porcelain]] and objects relating not merely to the religions of the East, but also to those of ancient [[ancient Egypt|Egypt]], [[ancient Greece|Greece]] and [[ancient Rome|Rome]]. One of its wings, the [[Panthéon Bouddhique]], displays [[Buddhist art|Buddhist artworks]].

Some of the museum's artifacts, originating from Cambodia, are connected with the studies conducted by the first scholars to be interested in Khmer culture, [[Louis Delaporte]] and [[Etienne Aymonier]]. They sent examples of Khmer art to France at a time when museums were not existing in Southeast Asia, with the agreement of the King of Cambodia, to show to Europe the high level of the ancient Khmer culture.

From December 2006 to April 2007, the museum harboured collections of the [[Kabul Museum]], with archaeological pieces from the [[Greco-Bactrian]] city of [[Ai-Khanoum]], and the [[Indo-Scythian]] treasure of [[Tillia Tepe]].

==Works of art of the museum==

===Greco-Buddhist art===
<gallery perrow="5">
File:BuddhaHead.JPG|[[Gandhara]] Buddha, 1st–2nd century CE
File: GandharaScrolls.JPG|Hellenistic decorative scrolls from [[Hadda, Afghanistan|Hadda]], northern Afghanistan
File:StandingBuddha.jpg|Standing Buddha, ancient region of [[Gandhara]], northern [[Afghanistan]], 1st century
File: NereidAndKetos.JPG|[[Stone palette]] of a [[Nereid]] sea-goddess riding a [[Ketos]] sea-monster, [[Sirkap]], 2nd century BCE
File:Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG|Wine-drinking and music, [[Hadda, Afghanistan|Hadda]], 1st–2nd century CE
File:Buddha Capitol 2.jpg|A Corinthian capitol with a Buddha at its center, 2nd century, Surk Kotal, [[Afghanistan]]
File: GandharanAtlas.JPG|The Greek god [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]], supporting a Buddhist monument, [[Hadda, Afghanistan|Hadda]]
File:KushanMaitreya.JPG|The [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]], 2nd century, [[Gandhara]]
File:Gandhara Buddha scene.jpg|Scene of the life of the Buddha. 2nd–3rd century. [[Gandhara]]
File:HaddaTypes.JPG|Portraits from the site of [[Hadda, Afghanistan|Hadda]], 3rd century
File:Dharmarajika statuette.jpg|Statuette excavated from the [[Dharmarajika Stupa]] site at [[Sirkap]], [[Pakistan]]
</gallery>

===Serindian art===
<gallery>
File:SerindianGroup.jpg|"Heroic gesture of the [[Bodhisattva]]", 6th–7th century [[terracotta]], Tumshuq (Xinjiang)
File:SerindiaHead.JPG|Head of a Bodhisattva, 6th–7th century [[terracotta]], Tumshuq (Xinjiang)
</gallery>

===Chinese art===
<gallery perrow="5">
File:HanHorse.jpg|[[Han Dynasty]] Horse (1st–2nd century)
File:EasternWeiBuddha.JPG|Buddha triad, [[Eastern Wei]] (534–550), China
File:ForeignMerchant.jpg|[[Tang dynasty]] Foreign Merchant
File:SogdiansNorthernQiStellae550CE.jpg|[[Northern Qi]] depiction of [[Sogdiana|Sogdians]]
Image:Flickr - dalbera - Statue de l'Arhat Tamrabhadra (musée Guimet).jpg|One of the [[Yixian glazed pottery luohans|Group of glazed pottery luohans from Yixian]], c. 1000

File:Porcelaine chinoise Guimet 231104.jpg|A sitting [[celadon]] lion, dated 11th to 12th century, [[Song dynasty]]
File:Porcelaine chinoise Guimet 271108.jpg|A porcelain vase with design of men fighting on horseback, from the [[Jiajing Emperor|Jiajing reign period]] (1521–1567), [[Ming dynasty]]
File:Plat rond Dynastie Tang Musée Guimet 2418.jpg|A round ''[[sancai]]'' dish from the [[Tang dynasty]], 8th to 9th century
File:Bodhisattva Who Leads the Way, Musée Guimet.png|Painting ''Bodhisattva Who Leads the Way'' from [[Mogao Caves|Mo-kao caves]], 900–950 A.D.
</gallery>

===Indian art===
<gallery perrow="5">
File:MaraAssault.jpg|An aniconic representation of [[Mara (demon)|Mara]]'s assault on the Buddha, 2nd century, [[Amaravati style]], eastern India
File:MathuraBodhisattvaSide.jpg|The [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]], 2nd century, [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]]
File:MathuraBuddha.JPG|A Buddha, 2nd century, Mathura
File:GuptaBuddha.jpg|Buddha of the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] period, 5th century, Mathura
File:MathuraBuddhaHead.JPG|Head of a Buddha, Gupta period, 6th century
Madhya pradesh, epoca candella, tirthankara rishabhanatha, x-xi sec.JPG|[[Rishabhanatha]], sandstone, Madhya Pradesh, [[Chandela]] period, 10th–11th century
File:IndianBuddha11.JPG|Buddha and [[Bodhisattva]]s, 11th century, [[Pala Empire]]
File:Flickr - dalbera - Vishnou (musée Guimet).jpg|[[Vishnu]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], 11th–12th century
File:Flickr - dalbera - Shiva Natarâdja, Seigneur de la Danse (musée Guimet).jpg|[[Shiva]] from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] period, 11th century
File:Orissa, tirthankara rishabhanatha, xi-xii sec, 01.JPG|[[Rishabhanatha]], 11th–12th century, Orissa
</gallery>

===Southeast Asian art===
<gallery perrow="5">
File:Jina java Andesite Canon Eos 500 D 17092017 1.jpg|Head of [[Buddha]] taken from [[Borobudur]], c. 8th–9th century Central Java, Indonesia
File:Indonesia, agastya, da candi nagasari, arte di giava centrale, viii-ix sec.JPG|[[Agastya]], c. 8th–9th century Central Java, Indonesia
File:Brahma Musée Guimet 1197 1.jpg|Hindu deity [[Brahma]], [[Cambodia]]
File:Cambogia, brahma, da dintorni di vat baset, stile di koh ker, 925-950 ca. 00.JPG|Brahma 10th century, [[Khmer art]], Cambodia
File:Vietnam, shiva, da thap banh it (torre d'argento), stile di transiz. tra my son A1 e thap mam, Xi-Xii sec, 01.JPG|[[Shiva]] from [[Vijaya (Champa)|Vijayapura]], Vietnam
File:Vietnam, vishnu garudasana, dalle montagne di marmo presso ngu hanh son, prolungam. dello stile my son E1, VIII-IX sec.JPG|[[Vishnu]] on [[Garuda]], [[Champa]] art, Vietnam
File:Nuit des musées (Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet)) (7233496060).jpg|Ganesha, Siem Reap, Cambodia, c. 12th–13th century
File:MonWheel.jpg|[[Mon (ethnic group)|Mons]] Wheel of the Law ([[Dharmacakra]]), art of [[Dvaravati]], c. 8th century
File: CambodianBuddha.JPG|A Cambodian Buddha, 14th century
File:Bodhisattva Lokesvara statue.jpg|Bodhisattva [[Avalokitesvara|Lokiteśvara]], [[Cambodia]] 12th century
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[List of museums in Paris]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Musée Guimet}}
* [http://www.guimet.fr Musée Guimet]
*[https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/publications/hors-serie/ Musée national des arts Asiatiques Guimet], special issue of art magazine ''[[Connaissance des Arts]]'', available in French and English
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