National Museum of Oriental Art
Via Merulana 248, Rome, Italy
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Admission
- General
- 6 EUR
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- 3 EUR
Museums nearby
- Colloseum
- 712 m
- Antiquarium Forense
- 1,09 km / 0,68 mi
- Museo Palatino
- 1,09 km / 0,68 mi
- Museo dell'Arte Classica, Sezione di Archeologia
- 1,25 km / 0,77 mi
National Museum of Oriental Art
Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale
The National Museum of Oriental Art (Italian: Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale) is an important museum in Rome, Italy, dedicated to the arts of the Orient, from the Middle East to Japan.
In particular, the museum has a rather remarkable collection of artifacts from the Gandhara area. This is due the archaeological missions of the Italian Institute for Middle and Far East (IsMEO) to the Buddhist and protohistoric sites of Swat, namely the Butkara Stupa, Barikot, Panr, Aligrama among others. Other collections include items from the Palace of Mas'ud III and the Buddhist shrine of Tape Sardar at Ghazni,Afghanistan, the prehistoric city of Shahr-e Sokhteh, in eastern Iran, and the art objects from Nepal, Tibet and Ladakh collected by Giuseppe Tucci on his travels in 1928-1948.
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Exhibitions and events
Ancient Near and Middle East
Permanent exhibitionThe ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean area, the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia are present with potteries, bronzes, precious metals and semiprecious stones (6th millennium BC – 7th cent....
Islam
Permanent exhibitionThe section includes metals, glasses and ceramics mainly from Iran, ranging from the Protoislamic to the Qajar period (8th-19th cent.) and findings from Mas’ud III palace at Ghazni in Afghanistan...
Gandhara
Permanent exhibitionThe reliefs, coming mostly from the excavations of the Italian Archaeological Expedition in Pakistan, represent scenes of Buddha’s historical life and of his earlier existences (1st-4th cent.). Text...
Tibet and Nepal
Permanent exhibitionThe collection is formed mostly by paintings on textiles, metal statues, ritual and everyday life objects, jewels and part of pieces of forniture (12th-19th cent.). Text source Image source
Corea
Permanent exhibitionThis gallery, recently opened thanks to the generous support of the Korea Foundation, is dedicated to Korean archaeology and art and hosts bronzes, seals, céladons and contemporary art objects. Text...
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