Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces

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search platform to a collection of Asian masterpiecesOwnerNational Museum of Ethnology, Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden (The Netherlands)URLVirtual Collection of Asian MasterpiecesCommercialnoLaunched13 September 2007Current statusversion 3.0

The Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces (VCM) shares more than 2,700 Masterpieces of Asian culture online. Since its launch in 2007 more than 145 museums in Asia and Europe have joined the VCM.

The VCM is originally a project of the ASEMUS - the Asia-Europe Museums Network. The VCM is now led by a consortium of five Asian and European museums:[1]

  • National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
  • Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland
  • National Museum of Ethnology (Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde), Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

References

  1. ^ "Credits". Virtual Collection of Masterpieces. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

External links

  • Official site