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Asia Society building, view from Park Avenue, New York

Museum[edit]

At its 70th Street headquarters, The Asia Society Museum is host to both traditional and contemporary exhibitions, film screenings, literature, performing, and visual arts. The holdings include works from more than thirty Asian-Pacific countries including Hindu and Buddhist statuary, temple carvings, Chinese ceramics and paintings, Japanese art, and contemporary art. The museum's collection of traditional objects stems from a donation from Asia Society founder John D. Rockefeller III and Blanchette Ferry Hooker Rockefeller, who contributed a number of items in 1978. The society began actively collecting contemporary Asian art with a 2007 initiative.[1] A major renovation was undertaken in 2001, doubling the size of the four public galleries and expanding space for educational programming.[2]

The headquarters also houses a museum shop and café. Forbes has listed the Garden Court Cafe on its All-Star Eateries in New York list several times.[3]

  1. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (2007-09-05). "Asia Society Will Build a Contemporary Art Collection". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  2. ^ "Asia Society & Museum". Voorsanger Architects PC. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ^ "The Forbes 2008 All-Star Eateries in New York: Special". 4 December 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2016.