THE SEAL IN THE MUSEUM’S LOGO DESCRIBES THE PERMANENT COLLECTION.
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WELCOME TO THE MARIDION MUSEUM

Visit

Welcome to The Maridon Museum! Click here to take a virtual tour to begin planning your visit. View Asian art and culture coupled with German Meissen porcelain. Take one of our docent-led tours, or rent the museum for group events or meetings.

History

Opened on May 8th, 2004, The Maridon is the only museum in the Western Pennsylvania region with a specific focus on Chinese and Japanese art and culture, coupled with Meissen porcelain. The museum, both the objects and the buildings that house them, are the gifts of Mary Hulton Phillips. >>more

Collection

The Maridon’s permanent collection includes over 800 art objects. The Asian art collection includes jade and ivory sculptures, tapestries, landscape paintings, scrolls, and artifacts. The collection contains objects that date back to the Neolithic Period, >>more

Join

The Maridon is the only museum in the Mid-Atlantic region that is dedicated to connecting Eastern and Western cultures. Maridon members receive an unlimited free admission to the museum, discounts at the museum store, and invitations to >>more

News & Events

Springtime at The Maridon
The promise of spring ushers in a new exhibit to the Side Gallery of The Maridon Museum. Seventeen objects of porcelain, quartz, ivory, cloisonne, and soapstone including birds, children playing, hatching “peeps,” a vase of flowers, dancing and sitting frogs,
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In an effort to reverse their economic fortunes, the elders of a small Japanese coal-mining town hire Madoka to create a Hawaiian center tourist attraction. Madoka recruits and trains hula dancers, including Sayuri and Kimiko. With encouragement from Kimiko’s brother Yojiro, Madoka redoubles her efforts to make things work.
Ivory Comes to Life
Mary Hulton Phillips, Founder of The Maridon Museum, was an avid collector of many forms of art. Her interest in, and collection of Asian art, were the driving forces in establishing this museum. We are pleased to present this new exhibit of 33 ivory objects.
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3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 28, 2024 Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen Download the complete book club flyer. Ava Wong, a Chinese-American lawyer, seems to have a perfect life with a successful surgeon husband, a son, and a beautiful home. However, her
Quote of the Week
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
Helen Keller
Deer of Immortality – Lapis Lazuli
Art of the Week
Deer of Immortality – Lapis Lazuli