The Guimet Museum (full name in ; MNAAG; ) is an art museum located at 6, place d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Literally translated into English, its full name is the National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet, or Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts. The museum has one of the largest collections of Asian art outside of Asia. History Founded by Émile Étienne Guimet, an industrialist, the museum first opened at Lyon in 1879 but was later transferred to Paris, opening in the place d'Iéna in 1889. Devoted to travel, Guimet was in 1876 commissioned by the minister of public instruction to study the religions of the Far East, and the museum contains many of the fruits of this expedition, including a fine collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain and objects relating not merely to the religions of the East, but also to those of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. One of its wings, the Panthéon Bouddhique, displays Buddhist artworks. Some of the museum's artifacts, originating from Khmer culture in Cambodia, Buddhist art from Vietnam and Indonesia, were stolen from Southeast Asia by French authorities and research institutions during the colonial period. From December 2006 to April 2007, the museum harboured collections of the Kabul Museum, with archaeological pieces from the Greco-Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum, and the Indo-Scythian treasure of Tillia Tepe. Works of art of the museum Greco-Buddhist art Serindian art Chinese art Indian art Southeast Asian art See also List of museums in Paris Notes External links Musée Guimet Musée national des arts Asiatiques Guimet, special issue of art magazine Connaissance des Arts, available in French and English National museums of France Asian art museums in France Asian-French culture Art museums and galleries in Paris Buildings and structures in the 16th arrondissement of Paris Art museums established in 1879 1879 establishments in France