Kamarul Baharin bin A. Kasim is presently the Director of Muzium Negara (National Museum), Malaysia. He obtained his first degree in the Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Malaya in 1989. His […]

Lê Thị Thúy Hoàn, Head of Department of International Cooperation, The Vietnamese Women’s Museum

Hoàn has just joined The Vietnamese Women’s Museum, after having worked for 18 years in other museums in Hanoi […]

Stijn Schoonderwoerd, Director, National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden

As of 1 June 2012 Stijn Schoonderwoerd (1966) has taken up the position of Executive Director of the National Museum of Ethnology in […]

Head of Education, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

Jenny Siung has worked for the Chester Beatty Library since 2000 taking up her post to develop the first Education Programme.  Working with such a […]

The Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore (ACM) is doing an open call for applications for their research fellowship grants for 2013-2014.

The museum invites researchers to apply for fellowships in […]

ASEMUS would like to congratulate the following members:

National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, and

Traditional Art and Ethnology Centre, Lao Prabang, Laos

for being selected by the Asia […]

Visit the ASEMUS 5th General Conference Website

At the upcoming ASEMUS general conference, there would be a dedicated space for poster presentation.

All ASEMUS member museums (whether your museum will […]

Lee Kang-won is the founder and director of the World Jewellery Museum in Seoul, Korea.  She achieved a B.A. in Journalism from Ewha Woman’s University and studied English literature at Virginia College. She […]

The Indonesian artist Raden Salleh (circa 1811 – 1880) is regarded as a pioneer of modern Indonesian painting. Descended from a noble Javanese family, Raden Saleh first learnt to paint from Belgian […]

Director General, National Folk Museum of Korea

Cheon, Jingi received his M.A. in Folkore from Yeungnam University and Ph.D in Korean Classical Literature from Chungang University. He has had his career as […]

The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon is pleased to announce the International Conference  ‘Face to Face. The transcendence of Chinese Arts in China and Beyond’ to be held at the Faculty of […]

City Museums:  Collisions | Connections

CAMOC/Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada, October 24-26, 2012

CAMOC, the International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities of the […]

City Museums:  Collisions | Connections, CAMOC/Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada, October 24-26, 2012

CAMOC, the International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities of the […]

The Passing On of The Former Director General of Department of Museums Malaysia

Former Director General of the Department of Museums Malaysia, Dato’ Dr Adi Taha, 60, died after a long battle from cancer at […]

Director, National Textile Museum, Malaysia

Janet Tee first joined The National Museum of Malaysia (Muzium Negara) in the late 70′s. She was the Public Relations officer of the museum and in 2005 was […]

 Curator, Vargas Museum, Manila, Philippines

Patrick D. Flores is Professor of Art Studies at the Department of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines and Curator of the Vargas Museum in Manila. He […]

Curator and Museum Counsellor, Slovene Ethnographic Museum

Born in 1955 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Mencin graduated with a BA on ethnology and psychology in 1981 from the Faculty of Arts, University of […]

In-charge of Libraries and Archives, National Museum of Denmark.

I am in charge of the libraries and archives in the National Museum of Denmark, Ethnographic Collections. I have a MA in museum ethnography […]

The 12th Annual Meeting of the International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC) will be held at the NUS Museum, National University of Singapore (an ASEMUS member museum) from the […]

Ambassador Michel Filhol was appointed ASEF Executive Director at the 26th ASEF Board of Governors meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania in May 2011. As ASEF Executive Director, Ambassador Filhol is also Patron of […]