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ACN OPERATES IN EUROPE AS THE ASIA COLLECTIONS NETWORK – EUROPE (ACN – Europe)
a non-profit organisation that aims to become a central reference point for the production, sharing and dissemination of knowledge on Asian material culture in Europe. In order to give visibility and voice to collections that deserve to be studied, preserved and more widely known, we foster the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exchange among professionals with expertise and involvement in the arts and artefacts of Asia. We promote and connect collections with Asian materials in cultural institutions around Europe. In our activities, we adopt and propose an eclectic and inclusive approach to the study and appreciation of the cultures of Asia through the many manifestations of their material productions.
Review of Presentation and roundtable discussion 12th June 2026, 12:30-2:00pm CET This online session, organised by the Asia Collections Network – Europe in cooperation with Asia Week Paris, featured presentations… Read More
The ACN – Europe online workshop held on 28 November 2025 and chaired by Dr Rosalien van der Poel, specialist in Chinese export art and a member of ACN –… Read More
The ACN – Europe workshop “Asian Ethnographic Materials in Scandinavian Museums” took place online on 16 June 2023, in partnership with Printemps Asiatique in Paris (Asian Week in Paris). It… Read More
The online workshop “Chinese Imperial Carpets in Northern Italy: The Schneiberg Museum”, organised by Asia Collections Network Europe (ACN – Europe), was held on 22 January 2025. Marco Guglielminotti Trivel… Read More
By Marco Guglielminotti Trivel, Adjunct Professor of East Asian Art, Turin University. Former Curator and Former Director of MAO Museum of Oriental Art, Turin Museum: Museo Civico Pier Alessandro Garda,… Read More
By Mariana Araújo Francisco Capelo studied economics and management at Lisbon Catholic University, graduating in 1977 and subsequently working as an investment banker and stockbroker until 1992. Later he served… Read More
By Maria Sobotka This gourd-shaped ewer stems from the Kingdom of Goryeo (918–1392). There are only three jugs of this type in the world. One is in the Leeum Samsung… Read More
From 28th October until 3rd November, Asia Collections Network – Europe, in collaboration with CREOPS – Centre de Recherches sur l’Extrême Orient de Paris – SORBONNE and with the support… Read More
