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Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art, Memphis, TN

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Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

Memphis museum of Asian and Judaic art, known for its large jade collection and Qing Dynasty objects.

119 S. Main Street, Concourse Level, Memphis, TN 38103 · Memphis, TN

About Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

The Belz Museum began in 1998 as a few small rooms and has since grown to about 14,000 square feet of exhibition space holding nearly 1,000 objects. It started as the private collection of Jack and Marilyn Belz, and most displayed pieces were given to the foundation that runs the museum. Three permanent galleries cover the Main Gallery with its Judaic section, the Tusk Gallery, and the Imperial Retreat Gallery. Jade sculpture is so prominent that the museum is informally nicknamed the Jade Museum, and the Asian holdings include Qing Dynasty works.

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  • #Asian art
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  • #Qing Dynasty
  • #Memphis

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