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Recent Development News (May 2005)

This page includes:
• New Acquisition
• Collections on the Web
• Nature of the Beast online exhibit
• Friends Travel Program Update
• Members Only Arts and Crafts Tour of Japan
• May Members' Appreciation Days
• Thank You to Maguire Properties

New Acquisition
Ritual Dagger, phurbu
Nepal, c. 1700
Bronze and mineral pigment
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Gift of Sneh Singh in loving memory of her husband
Krishnan Singh, 2005.5.4
Photo: Julian Bermudez

Collections on the Web
The Collections Digitization department has just launched its latest addition to the electronic catalogue Explore the Collections. Visitors can now access over 5,000 objects and images along with additional label text and sound attached to selected items. Over 30% of the museum’s holdings can now be viewed by browsing the Featured Collections list. Thanks to a generous grant from the Getty Foundation’s Los Angeles Electronic Cataloguing Initiative, the museum has been able to continue its efforts to digitize its holdings in order to make it available to the World Wide Web. “This is a tremendous accomplishment for the museum. Visitors will not only be able to see more of the collection, but can learn about the objects through a variety of media. We’re extremely grateful to the Getty and to everyone who worked on this project,” states Julian Bermudez, the project’s manager.Visit:
www.pacificasiamuseum.org/mweb/

Monkey Performing the Sanbaso Dance Mori Sosen (1747-1821) Japan, 1800, on the first day of the year of the Monkey Ink on paper, Pacific Asia Museum Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ross, 1985.55.4

Nature of the Beast Online Exhibition
Starting June 1st, Pacific Asia Museum’s website will launch Nature of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Paintings and Prints. From the team that created the museum’s award-winning Visions of Enlightenment: Understanding the Art of Buddhism, this online exhibit allows web visitors to explore the importance of animals and birds in the arts and culture of Japan and demonstrates the different ways artists of the Edo period (1603-1868) rendered these creatures in paintings and prints. The artworks are drawn mainly from Pacific Asia Museum’s impressive collection and include extensive materials for students and teachers. Publication of this module was supported by a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation. Digital images of the museum’s permanent collection were made possible by a grant funded by the Getty Foundation’s Los Angeles Electronic
Cataloguing Initiative.

Friends Travel Program Update
The Friends participated in several recent travel programs, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Japanese American National Museum and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Our next program will be at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens on May 21st, and will include a tour of the Japanese Garden followed by lunch at the Huntington. For more information on how you can participate, or to become a Friend Level member, please contact the Membership Department at ext. 37.

Members Only Arts and Crafts Tour of Japan
There is still time to participate in this once in a lifetime trip to Japan, held from November 1st – 12th, 2005. Please contact the Membership Department at ext. 37 for further details, or to receive an itinerary and program.

May Members' Appreciation Days
Members Only Receive Free Admission (to non-ticketed exhibitions) and 20% Discount* at THIRTEEN Southland Institutions! Just show your current membership card! For information, please call the Museum Store, ext. 20. Please mark the following dates on your calendars:

*Cannot be combined with other discounts. Additional discounts do not apply for sale items and other exempt items.

Thank You to Maquire Properties
Pacific Asia Museum would like to thank Maguire Properties for its ongoing support as a Corporate Associate member. If you are interested in Corporate membership, please contact the Membership Department at ext. 37.

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