Asia-Europe Museum Network
A cross-cultural network of museums with Asian collections
ASEMUS brings together museums across Asia and Europe to share collections, expertise and educational programmes, and to promote mutual understanding through the Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces.
Member museums
Art Museum RIGA BOURSE, Latvia
The Art Museum RIGA BOURSE is an architectural monument of national importance. It was built between 1852 and …
Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
The region's only museum devoted to the civilisations, arts and culture of Asia, spanning collections from Sou…
Bagan Archaeological Museum, Myanmar
In 1902, Taw Sein Kho, Superintendent of the former Epigraphic Office (now the Department of Archaeology, Nati…
Brunei Museum
Established in 1965, the Brunei Museum first operated from an administrative office at the Civic Centre in wha…
Ceramic Museum Princessehof, the Netherlands
The Princessehof museum is the only ceramic museum in the Netherlands, established in 1917 by founder Nanne Ot…
Chittagong University Museum, Bangladesh
Established in 1973 at the initiative of the Chittagong University Authority, this academic museum supports re…
Featured people
Patrick D. Flores — Curator, Vargas Museum, Manila, Philippines
Professor of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines and Curator of the Vargas Museum, Manila; also Adjunct Cur…
Steven Engelsman — Director, World Museum Vienna, Austria
Became Director of the World Museum Vienna (Weltmuseum Wien) in 2013 after more than 15 years leading the National Museu…
About the network
What is ASEMUS?
ASEMUS — the Asia-Europe Museum Network — is a network of museums holding Asian collections in both Asia and Europe. It was created to help member institutions share collections, curatorial expertise and educational programmes across the two regions, and to make Asian material culture more widely accessible.
How many museums belong to the network?
The last archived membership list recorded 41+ profiled institutions within a wider directory of 177 member organisations spanning 42 countries and regions.
What is the Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces?
The Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces (VCM) was the network's shared online catalogue, where member museums published selected objects from their Asian collections with images and curatorial descriptions. It ran on a separate subdomain that is no longer online.
Is the network still active?
The original asemus.museum site went offline around 2020 and the network's public activities moved on. This site preserves the archived material — museum profiles, news, events and the members directory — so the record and the links pointing to it remain accessible.