ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM 100 Queen's Park Toronto M5S 2C6 tel: (416) 586-8000 internet: www.rom.on.ca
		•Treasures of Japanese Art November 30, 2000 - April, 2001
			A new exhibit of Japanese art from the Royal Ontario Museumıs collection will be displayed in the Herman Herzog Levy Gallery. It features 50 paintings, woodblock prints, and ceramic objects from the museums Asian collections, which hold the largest collection of Japanese art in Canada. The works featured range from the 12th to the 19th centuries, and represent five categories of Japanese art. These include Buddhist art from the Kamakura period; decorative arts of the Momoyama and Early Edo Periods; paintings, utensils and ceramic objects of the Japanese tea ceremony dating from the 17th to 19th centuries; 18th and 19th century Nanga paintings; and 19th century Japanese style landscape paintings and woodblock prints by Hiroshige and Hokusai.
		•East Asian Sculpture November 30, 2000 - Fall 2002
			A remarkable array from the museumıs collection, religious stone sculptures, primarily of the Buddhist religion from East Asia, dating from the 2nd to 16th century A.D.
		•Christopher Ondaatje South Asian Gallery Opens November 30, 2000
			This new gallery presents artifacts from the ROMıs collections from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka including wall relief panels, religious sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, textiles, arms and armor, jewelry and richly ornamented decorative arts. Canadaıs first permanent South Asian gallery, its unique design expresses the unity and diversity of the region.
		•Scythian Gold: Treasures from Ancient Ukraine February 18 - May 6, 2001
			This exhibition features 171 works of art, mainly crafted in gold by the Scythian people, who lived in hte Ukrainian steppes between the 8th and 3rd centuris B.B. The Scythians were nomadic horsemen who originated in Central Asia around 3,000 years ago, and settled in hte area of present-day Ukraine.
		• Chinese Fans and Fan Paintings June - December 2001
			Details forthcoming in May 2001
		•Gallery of Korean Art Continuing Indefinitely
			North America's largest permanent gallery dedicated to Korean art and culture spans 8,000 years of Korean history and cultural achievements and showcases 200 works of fine art and technological accomplishment. This gallery provides an opportunity to understand Korea's distinct culture and civilization, which played an important role in the development of East Asia.
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