Asian Art Museums in the U.S.

Freer Gallery of art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Online tour of galleries grouped by geographical areas. The Education section contains a 136-page guide for teachers on the Art of Buddhism

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Seattle Art Museum: Learn Online

Has a number of online tours, including a tour of the Silk Road with maps, images and timelines. Also available are tours of a traditional Korean house, the ancient art of Sichuan, and the Stories of Krishna.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Slide shows of the museum's collections from China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia

artsmia: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

1,840 items online.

Cleveland Museum of Art

4,559 works of the Museum's Asian art are on line with 800 images.

Harvard University Art Museums

Select Collections Online link and then Tours From Collections Online link one can use Advanced Search to search the database of over 80,000 works of art.

Pacific Asia Museum

Has interactive modules on Visions of Enlightenment: Understanding the Art of Buddhism; an exploration of Chinese ceramics, and Japanese Paintings and Prints: The Nature of the Beast. Explore the Collections section.