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Museo de Arte Oriental at Santo Tomás

Museo de Arte Oriental at Santo Tomás

Ávila, Spain
Located within the historic 15th-century Real Monasterio de Santo Tomás—originally constructed under the patronage of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella—the Museo de Arte Oriental represents the cultural and evangelical history of the Dominican Order in Asia. The museum preserves extensive artistic and ethnographic collections gathered by Dominican missionaries stationed across East and Southeast Asia beginning in the late 16th century.
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Located within the historic 15th-century Real Monasterio de Santo Tomás—originally constructed under the patronage of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella—the Museo de Arte Oriental represents the cultural and evangelical history of the Dominican Order in Asia. The museum preserves extensive artistic and ethnographic collections gathered by Dominican missionaries stationed across East and Southeast Asia beginning in the late 16th century.

Selected Exhibitions

  • Features two floors of galleries displaying historic artifacts from China, Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam, highlighting Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain, intricate Philippine-Spanish colonial ivory carvings, traditional arms and armor, lacquerware, and embroidered silk textiles.
  • Features two floors of galleries displaying historic artifacts from China, Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam, highlighting Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain, intricate Philippine-Spanish colonial ivory carvings, traditional arms and armor, lacquerware, and embroidered silk textiles.

Details

Country
Spain
City
Ávila
Address
Plaza de Granada, 1, 05003 Ávila (Spain)

Contact

Email
avila.vre@dominicos.org
Website
monasteriosantotomas.com/