This was before the pool and after Chinatown, just for context.
This has to be one of the best historical museums I have been too. There were hundreds of really neat pieces from Japan, China, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the various islands nearby. The museum is divided into cultures, and talks about technological improvements, cultural ideas, religious movements, and other major facets of a civilization.
The exhibit that we had gone to see was called Devotion and Desire: Cross-Cultural Art in Asia, and was pretty much a chance for the museum to show off what new pieces they got. Some themes of the exhibit were spread of religion, importance of trade, court art, and colonial influences. Another cool part was the room focused on lacquer from different parts of Asia. It's quite a remarkable procedure. It's not just painting a layer of stain onto the piece of wood, it requires weeks or months of work. Everything has to be done slowly and carefully and repeatedly.
The museum was pretty handy because it was just across the river from our hotel, and Rebecca got to buy Liz a pretty shirt, and got herself a woven carpet mousepad. It was a real, albeit miniature carpet on top of some nice mousepad material. It was a nice museum. I'd go again and wouldn't mind.
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