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  Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom | |
| Established | 1993 |
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| Location | Bath, Somerset |
| Coordinates | 51°23′11″N 2°21′48″W / 51.3864°N 2.3633°W |
| Curator | Michel Lee |
| Website | Museum web site |
The Museum of East Asian Art or MEAA is in Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset, England.
Just a few metres off The Circus in central Bath, the Museum of East Asian Art is situated in a restored Georgian house. Its collection includesceramics, jades, bronzes and bamboo carvings and more, from China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. It is the only museum in the United Kingdom dedicated solely to arts and cultures of East and Southeast Asia.[1]
It houses a collection of almost 2,000 objects, ranging in date from c.5000 BCE to the present day.[2] The Museum's collection started from the collection of Brian McElney, a retired solicitor who practised in Hong Kong for over 35 years, and has since been expanded.
- ^ McCready,G., 100 Fascinating Facts about Bath. The Bath Magazine, January 2011: p. 25.
- ^ "Free public lecture: Discover Bath's Museum of East Asian Art". University of Bath. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2007.