Exhibits
Location: Asia Collection
From the Rg Veda in India, ca. 1200-900 B.C.E. ~ to a 12th century Cambodian king's "Mount Meru" on earth ~ to Japan's 1993 "flyby"... View "Apsarases in Art & Literature" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
In celebration of the July 1st Opening of the UHM Center for Okinawan Studies, the Asia Collection Department has kicked off the new display of... View "Ryukyu/Okinawa: Culture & Trade" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
The new exhibit in the Asia Collection titled "South Asian Dance: Bodies in Motion," was designed in conjunction with the UHM Center for South Asian... View "South Asian Dance: Bodies in Motion" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
Lian Huan Hua literally means "linked serial pictures." They are pocket sized picture-story books first published by a Shanghai publisher in the... View "Chinese Picture Story Book Exhibit" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
In 1861 the enigmatic Korean cartographer Kim Chong-ho produced a map of his country that until his day and for many years afterward was the... View "Kim Chong-ho, Father of Korean Cartography and his "Complete Map of the Great East"" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
November 27 through December 31, 2007Bridge Gallery, Hamilton LibraryA Vietnam in transition is described in the pictures of two young photographers: Pham Viet Thanh and... View "Vietnam: A Country and People in Transition" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
Photographs by Sapril AkhmacyIn the South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia there is a village called Tana Toa. At the center of the village is a... View "The Ammatoa: People Inside the Frontier" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
The Night Life of Trees exhibition brings together work by Bhajju Shyam, Ram Singh Urveti and Durga Bai, three of the finest living artists of... View "The Night Life of Trees" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
The writing systems of Hindi Indo-European language family, Khmer Mon Khmer, Lao SW Tai, and Thai SW Tai all share a common ancenstor: the Brahmi... View "Brahmi Script of Ancient India" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
When many Americans think of Japanese food, they think sushi. But Japanese cuisine encompasses so much more with an ever-present emphasis on freshness, seasonality and... View "Japanese Cuisine: Tradition and Modern Adaptations" Exhibit
