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Musée des Missions Étrangères de Paris
France
Destination Asia, a missionary journey in LEGO bricks
From 30 November to 19 July 2025
Travel through Asia and the Indian Ocean with monumental LEGO brick models!
The exhibition “Destination Asia: A Missionary Journey in LEGO Bricks” offers a multicultural journey, a bridge between France, Asia, and the Indian Ocean.
Fourteen monumental LEGO models transport visitors from Japan to Madagascar, passing through China, Cambodia, Indonesia... An itinerary through 12 countries, exploring the cultures, religions, and peoples of this vast continent.
The Nazareth Printing House in Hong Kong, the Great Mosque of Medan in Indonesia, the steps of Benares on the Ganges in India, or the mission of Tsarahasina in Madagascar: throughout these stops, the exhibition highlights the richness and diversity of the historical, cultural, religious, and human heritage in the MEP missionary countries.
Medicine Box
Carved, lacquered and gilded wood, 19th or 20th century, Myanmar, Private collection, Paris - This box is composed of nine compartments designed to store traditional remedies. Each compartment is topped by a lid decorated with a statuette representing a “nat”, a spirit revered in Myanmar since antiquity.
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