Asia Society
725 Park Avenue at 70th street 
(212) 288-6400
www.asiasociety.org

The Asia Society is located at 725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street). While its headquarters is undergoing renovations (Through October 2001) its interim location is Asia Society at Midtown, 502 Park Avenue (at 59th Street) 

The Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3^rd with the purpose of improving relations between America and the more than thirty countries broadly defined as the Asia-Pacific region- the area from Japan to Iran, and from Central Asia to New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands. Today, the Asia Society is America's leading institution dedicated to fostering understanding of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific.

Housed in a beautiful red-granite building on Park Avenue, the Asia Society is not only a national nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization, it is also a world-class museum. It attempts to improve East-West relations through art exhibitions, performances, films, lectures, seminars and conferences, publications, assistance to the media, and materials and programs for students and teachers.

In 1979, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd granted the Asia Society a collection of nearly three hundred works, which they had acquired over twenty-five years of exploring Asia and Asian art. This collection of masterworks from South, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, dating from 2000 B.C. to the 19th century, in various media--bronzes, paintings, ceramics, sculpture--reflects the great achievements and wide diversity of Asian arts and cultures. The Asia Society now selectively adds objects to this core collection that are of comparable rarity, beauty, and interest.