This museum in Biarritz is known by several names - Museum "Asiatica" museum of the peoples of Asia or the Museum of Oriental Art. In any case, this is one of the five largest museums in Europe devoted to the culture and art of this multi-faceted East.

The area of ​​the museum is about 800 square meters. meters and its collection of more than a thousand items. All these works of art were created in China, India, Nepal and Tibet. "Age" the most ancient exhibits of more than five thousand years and belong to the Neolithic period and culture liangzhu.

The section on Tibet, presented bronzes - for example, images of deities, as well as portraits and artefacts from the lamas of the monastery Drepong, which is the largest Buddhist monastery. Drepong, founded at the beginning of the XV century, located in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, and earlier was one of the three state-owned monasteries in Tibet and was the residence of the Dalai Lamas. For one of the Tibetan monasteries it was brought from Beijing statue of the Buddhist goddess Tara, made in the XV century. The sculpture was cast in bronze and covered with a layer of gold. Earthly life of Gautama Buddha Sakyamuni or captured on thangkas - Figures on fabrics that Tibetans were with him.

In the room you can see the Indian jewelry made of precious metals and gems, miniatures and sculptures of the medieval period, depicting Hindu gods - Shiva, Vishnu, Parvati.

Nepalese part of the collection of the museum introduces visitors to the articles of bronze and wood, decorated with carvings and religious nature.