greek-museums: Museum of Asian Art, Corfu, GreeceNope, Museums of Greece did not change continents.

greek-museums:

Museum of Asian Art, Corfu, Greece

Nope, Museums of Greece did not change continents. Recently I visited the Museum of Asian Art in Corfu which is the only such museum in all of Greece. It has a huge collection of artifacts from all over the continent of Asia, but mostly Japan, and almost all of it comes from a single collector. The biggest percentage of this collection is also the product of fair trade- even though there are some artifacts from India and Siam that were the product of looting and illicit antiquities’ trade.

I was extremely lucky when I was visiting because they had a temporary exhibition with the many and at certain cases unique ukiyo-e prints of the collection. In general these fragile prints are usually kept in conservation. Most of the exhibition was also related to drama, theaters and actors, which is pretty much my job and keen interest so imagine my joy.