Rituals & Celebrations

Tasting Menu is a series that considers connections between Bay Area “foodie” culture and objects in the museum’s collection.

Tasting Menu is a series that considers connections between Bay Area “foodie” culture and objects in the museum’s collection.

Do you want to make your own tomb guardian? They will need to be strong and fierce to keep unwanted spirits out of your tomb and keep your tomb objects safe.

Students analyze objects from South Asia, West Asia, and China to connect to the travel experiences of ancient merchants and traders, develop an understanding of the breadth of the land and sea trade, and explore how art and ideas travel and change over time and place.

Shodo Harada Roshi, the abbot of Sogenji, a 17th century monastery in Okayama in Japan and international teacher of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, demonstrates his large scale calligraphy works.

Utilizing the special exhibition Yoga: The Art of Transformation as a point of departure, this short, dynamic talk, or Baat Cheet, focuses on California’s unique role in the adoption, evolution, and popularization of yoga today.

Experience the quiet, meditative act yourself when you create your own mandala, a geometric meditation map.

An overview of the religious practices of the samurai.

Rituals and traditions of the Chinese Lunar New Year.