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Museum of Lacquer Art

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Museum of Lacquer Art
Museum of Lacquer Art. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Museum of Lacquer Art (German:Museum für Lackkunst) is a museum in Münster, Westphalia devoted to the history of lacquer art. It is the only institution of its kind in the world, with a collection of around 1,000 objects from East Asia, Europe, and the Islamic world from more than two thousand years ago. The director is art historian Gudrun Bühl. It is owned by BASF Coatings.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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