Museum · Pasadena
USC Pacific Asia Museum
46 N Los Robles Ave, Los Angeles 91101
USC Pacific Asia Museum is housed in a Chinese-palace-style building in Pasadena's Playhouse District, arranged around a courtyard garden. It is the university's museum of the art and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands, with a collection spanning more than 5,000 years. Exhibitions rotate between historical objects and contemporary art.
Permanent exhibitions
- Collection of more than 5,000 years of art from East Asia, South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas, and the Pacific Islands
- Chinese ceramics, bronzes and paintings
- Japanese prints, textiles and fans
- Himalayan paintings, sculpture and ritual objects
- Crossroads: Exploring the Silk Road
