Museo Oriental - Oriental Museum
Within this Augustinian monastery in Valladolid, the Oriental Museum was founded in 1908. It was given new facilities in 1980, which were opened by the king and queen of Spain, Reyes de España, Don Juan Carlos I y Doña Sofía, on 12th October 1980.
It is located within the Augustinian buildings described on the previous page of Augnet. The address is Paseo Filipinos, 7. 47007 Valladolid
Its extraordinary collection of Chinese and Philippine art of the previous three centuries is one of the greatest collections of Eastern art in all of Europe.
The museum fills thirteen rooms, the majority displaying porcelain crafts, bronzes, the sculptures and paintings of China, as of the weapons, the ornaments, the ivories and other objets d'art coming from the Philippines and Japan.
Photos (at right):
Picture 1: Museum booklet.
Picture 2: Display area, Museum.
Picture 3: Artifact from China.
Picture 4: Artifact from China.
Links
Web site. In the Spanish, English and French languages.
http://www.museo-oriental.es/historia.asp?curr1=t
Valladolid: Museo Oriental. Photos taken by a visitor in August 2008.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albtotxo/2817070450
Oriental Museum, Valladolid. Photos taken by a visitor in July 2010.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicasmalas/4846379528/in/photostream
A Museum with a Difference. Written in Spanish. Good photographs.
http://domuspucelae.blogspot.com/2011/02/un-museo-diferente-museo-oriental-real.html
Contents of the Museum
Fondos del Museo - Contents of the Museum
Arte Oriental. Sección china (lacas, porcelanas, bronces, sedas..). Sección filipina (ídolos, armas, adornos), marfiles hispano-filipinos del siglo. XVIII.
Este museo es la mejor colección de arte del Extremo Oriente existente en España. Es fruto de la larga presencia evangelizadora, social y cultural que los PP. Agustinos han realizado en China, Japón y Filipinas desde 1565.
Oriental art, museum craft, and goldsmithing. Objects and documents originating in China and Philippines, from 2nd century to the 19th century. Buddhas, bronzes, ánforas, sumptuary art and ceramics. Caligráphic Chinese art, with religious themes. Philippine ivory carvings.
Japanese art of the periods Edo (1603-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912). 310 pieces compose the Japanese collection: 28 sculptures, 78 works made in metal, 14 handwritings and paintings, 47 lacquers, 100 ceramics and porcelain, 37 arms and armour, 5 articles of dress and 1 map.
Teléfonos - Telephone
Tel.: 983 306 800 / 983 306 900 Fax: 983 397 896
E-mail: sestagus@adenet. es
Entrada - Cost of Entrance
General: 3 €.
Gruops: 2 €
Hours of Entrance
Horarios: Todo el año Hours of Entrance: all the year
Laborables de 16 a 19 h. Week days 4.00pm to 7.00pm.
Domingos y festivos de 10 a 14 h. Sundays and holidays 10.00am to 2.00pm
Los grupos se reciben también en horario de mañana en días laborables, previo aviso.
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