Past events
Heritage Open Week! Origami Houses @ The Assembly Rooms
Wednesday 26th October
Thursday 27th October
Friday 28th October
1.30pm – 3.30pm
East meets West family fun drop-in origami workshop.
Over three days the Museum of East Asian Art will be at the Assembly Rooms creating an origami version of Bath! Come help us make some of Bath’s buildings, and make origami houses to take home too!
Machiya – The Delicate Townhouses of Kyoto: talk with Pauline Chakmakjian
Thursday 20th October
6.30pm – 8pm
Machiya townhouses are found mainly in central Kyoto, the old capital of Japan. This illustrated lecture will cover a variety of different types of machiya as well as provide an overview of the unique architectural features specific to these charming homes. This type of house also provides insight into the the lifestyles of Kyotoites from the past to the present. Pauline Chakmakjian is a trustee of the Japan Society of the UK and founder of The Japan Room. She has previously live d in machiya in Kyoto.
Tibetan Monks at the Museum
Friday 30th September
10am – 5pm
Saturday 1st October
10am – 5pm
Monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in India will be visiting to showcase to visitors Tibetan Buddhist art. Along with a small exhibition of thangkas (painted scrolls depicting Buddhist iconography), they will be demonstrating butter sculpting or Torma, the tradition of sculpting offerings from coloured butter. The offerings are not meant to be permanent, but represent the transiency of the world.
FREE with admission – Drop in, No need to book
Two-day entry admission tickets will be available to buy at the Museum at the following prices:
Tibetan Buddhist Art Workshop
Saturday 17th September
2pm – 4pm
Family Fun: Help us commemorate the upcoming visit of the Tashi Lhunpo monks by learning how to make your own Tibetan prayer flags and thangkas (miniature Buddhist paintings).
Recycled Origami
Wednesday 17th August
2pm – 4pm
Family Fun: Make lots of useful things such as wallets, photo frames, and boxes from recycled paper! Bring along your own interesting scraps of paper or use ours!