Take a virtual step inside and experience this immersive work of art. Access additional resources to delve more deeply into the controversy around its creation, trace the room’s travels from London to Detroit to Washington, DC, and learn more about how the Peacock Room is cared for in its permanent home.
Encounter three extraordinary pichwai paintings from our collections alongside insights from Hindu community members, museum curators, a conservator, and a conservation scientist.
View high resolution Japanese prints, explore by theme, and dive into artist biographies, a glossary, and bibliographies of key texts.
Zoom in on high resolution details in this digital composite of the famed, woodblock-printed Territorial Map of the Great East (Daedong yeojido or Taeedong yŏjido, 大東輿地圖)
Browse a variety of prints that show the popularity of supernatural imagery in Japan.
Learn about the divination rituals that were an integral part of Shang kingship and the administration of the state.
Take a virtual visit and learn more about the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room.
Ten graduate students from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, developed these guided close-looking experiences.
High school students from Washington, DC, award-winning koto musician Yumi Kurosawa, Zen priest Reverend Inryū Bobbi Poncé-Barger, and curator Frank Feltens offer their modern-day perspectives on three important medieval Japanese works.
What makes this sixth-century Chinese object exceptional are the detailed narrative scenes that cover its surface, representing moments in the life of the Historical Buddha as well as the Realms of Existence, a symbolic map of the Buddhist world.
