The Asia-Europe Museum Network (ASEMUS) is an international cross-cultural network of museums. The museums in the ASEMUS network are located in Europe and Asia in those countries belonging to ASEM

Asem

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, a forum for dialogue between Europe and Asia sponsored by the European Commission

European Commission

The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....

. ASEMUS has two key aims: (a) to promote wider mutual understanding between the peoples of Asia and Europe by means of collaborative programmes of museum-based cultural activity and (b) to stimulate and facilitate the sharing, use and knowledge of museum collections of mutual interest.

Structure

ASEMUS membership is by invitation and open to: (a) all relevant museums of the ASEM countries which meet the ICOM definition of a museum (b) other institutions which are registered or registrable as museums within the ICOM definition by the appropriate national authority, and (c) academic departments in third level educational institutions throughout the ASEM countries which teach museum and heritage studies.

Funding

ASEMUS is the offspring of the ASEF structure and because its funding depends on ASEF, its remit is therefore confined to ASEM

Asem

Asem is a male given name of Arabic origin, which means "protector, guardian, defender".-Given name:*Asim Abdulrahman, Egyptian militant*Asım Akin, Turkish physician...

 countries. ASEF is funded by voluntary contributions from its partner governments and shares the financing of its projects with its civil society partners across Asia and Europe.

Executive committee

Corazon Alvina, Director of the National Museum of the Philippines

National Museum of the Philippines

The Museum of the Filipino People is a department of the National Museum of the Philippines that houses the Anthropology and Archaeology Divisions of the National Museum. It is located in the Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park, Manila adjacent to the main National Museum building...

, Manila, The Philippines

Stéphane Martin, Director of Musée du Quai Branly

Musée du quai Branly

thumb|225px|Musée du quai BranlyThe Musée du quai Branly , known in English as the Quai Branly Museum, nicknamed MQB, is a museum in Paris, France that features indigenous art, cultures and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. The museum is located at 37, quai Branly -...

, Paris, France (Chair)

Michael D. Willis

Michael D. Willis

Michael Willis is an Indologist and historian at the British Museum in London, England. He is curator of the early south Asian and Himalayan collections in the Department of Asia. Born in Vancouver, Canada, and raised in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, Willis took his B.A. degree at the University of...

, Curator, Department of Asia, British Museum

British Museum

The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...

, London (Deputy Chair)

Ms. Sabina Santaroasa, Director, Cultural Exchange, Asia-Europe Foundation

Asia-Europe Foundation

The Asia-Europe Foundation is an international, non-profit organization based in Singapore that was established in 1997 by the countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting...

 (ASEF) Singapore

Chong Phil Choe, Director of the University Museum, Sejong University, Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, Korea (Vice-Chair)

Chen Xiejun, Director, Shanghai Museum

Shanghai Museum

The Shanghai Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, People's Republic of China.-History:...

, Shanghai, China

Claudius Müller, Director, State Museum of Ethnology

State Museum of Ethnology

The Bavarian State Museum of Ethnology in Munich, Germany is a museum for Non-European artworks and objects of cultural value.-The building:...

, Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Germany

Sanne Houby-Nielsen, Director General, Museum of World Culture

Museum of World Culture

The national Museum of World Culture opened in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2004. Its aim is to interpret the subject of world culture in an interdisciplinary way. The museum is situated next to the Universeum Science Centre and the amusement park Liseberg and close to Korsvägen."The museum interprets...

, Göteborg, Sweden

Alan Chong, Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore

Jonathan King, Keeper of Anthropology, The British Museum, London, United Kingdom

Steven Engelsman, Director of the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands

Michael Ryan, Director, Chester Beatty Library

Chester Beatty Library

The Chester Beatty Library was established in Dublin, Ireland in 1950, to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. The present library, on the grounds of Dublin Castle, opened on February 7, 2000, the 125th anniversary of Sir Alfred's birth and was named European Museum...

, Dublin, Ireland

Karl Magnusson, International Cooperation Manager, Museum of World Culture, Sweden (Secretary)

External links

• Asia-Europe Museum Network (ASEMUS) homepage
• Facebook Asia-Europe Museum Network
• Asia-Europe Foundation
• Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)