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The following is a list of fourteen major museums in the United States that offer resources and materials on Asia for educators at all levels. This list was compiled by Melissa Rockefeller, Education Assistant, Japan Society, New York.
The Art Institute of Chicago
Department of Museum Education
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110
312-443-7290
http://www.artic.edu
Slide packets; poster packets; computer programs; resource center; workshops for
educators.
Asian Art Museum
Education Department
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
415-379-8710
http://www.asianart.org
Slide sets; resource packets; written materials for teachers; maps and chronologies;
videos; coloring books; hands-on kits (loan only); school programs and tours; workshops
for educators.
Birmingham Museum of Art
Education Department
2000 8th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-254-2571
http://www.artsbma.org
Teacher packet on Japan; lending video library; hands-on culture cases for China, Japan
and Korea (loan only); school tours.
Boston Children's Museum
300 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
617-426-6500 ext.233 and 235
http://www.bostonkids.org/
Teaching kits; curriculum materials; videos; teacher resource center; workshops for
educators; some materials available through the Museum Shop, annotated bibliography.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Department of Education and Public Programs
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617-369-3300
http://www.mfa.org
Teacher booklets; workshops for educators; curriculum materials and consultation; school
tours; slide library with slides on Asian collection of the museum (available for purchase
through museum store); on-line exhibitions.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Education Department-TRC
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-1797
216-421-7340 ext. 469
http://www.clemusart.com
Slide packets; videos; Teacher Resource Center; workshops for educators. Resource Center
is especially strong on Japan.
Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
303-640-2953
http://www.denverartmuseum.org
Two laminated posters on Japan (lacquer box and wood block print) with a teacher
guide, activity suggestions, and information about the object; teacher workshops.
Teachers' night in September.
The Field Museum
Harris Educational Loan Center
Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
312-322-8853
http://www.fmnh.org
Slide sets; videos; cultural experience boxes available for loan to teachers in five
counties around Chicago. Some materials for sale.
Freer Gallery of Art
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Education Department
School and Family Programs
Smithsonian Institution MRC 707
Washington, DC 20560
202-357-4880 ext. 246
http://www.si.edu/asia
Slide packets; activity guides; videos; workshops for educators; on-line lesson plans;
online activities for children; online exhibitions.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Education Department
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
213-857-6512
http://www.lacma.org
Teacher packets; visual resource center; evening programs for educators; school outreach
programs.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Uris Library and Teacher Resource Center
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
212-570-3788
http://www.metmuseum.org
The Uris Library has videos and teacher packets available for a two-week loan. Must be
picked up. The bookstore sells videos and museum bulletins on Asian art. Workshops for
educators. Online exhibitions.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-449-2742 ext. 31
http://www.pacasiamuseum.org/
Teacher packets on previous and current exhibitions; teacher workshops; school outreach
programs.
Seattle Asian Art Museum
P.O. Box 22000
Seattle, WA 98112-9700
206-654-3124
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/
Curriculum units on Japan and China; teacher workshops; Teacher Resource Center.
Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-4710
http://www.ukans.edu/~sma/
Teacher packets on Asia; Japan and integrated cross-cultural teacher packets that include
Asian art; teacher workshops; slide reproductions of museum collection.
For further information, please contact: Elaine Vukov, Director, Educational Outreach, Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017; Phone: 212-715-1275; E-Mail: evukov@jpnsoc.com