Bonsai Museum Tacoma

In 2014 aarin became the curator of pacific bonsai museum.

Bonsai museum tacoma. Download a trail map here. Pacific bonsai museum is one of only three public museums in the world solely dedicated to bonsai offering contemporary exhibitions docent led group tours education workshops and more. The pacific bonsai museum serves as the home to many bonsai from pacific rim nations. Since its 1989 conception the collection has grown to roughly one hundred bonsai trees.

Two bonsai trees worth thousands of dollars were stolen from a washington museum the museum said. In 2006 aarin was hired as the assistant curator of the national bonsai and penjing museum at the u s. The stolen trees have been taken care of for decades officials at the pacific bonsai museum in. Pacific bonsai museum is excited to offer audio tours in chinese mandarin.

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As curator aarin oversees the horticultural and artistic care of the bonsai collection while creating new exhibits that honor the tradition of. The campus boasts an extensive trail network that is open to the public from 9am to 5pm everyday. A grand outdoor setting with the elegance of a fine museum the museum boasts over 100 bonsai and the most diverse public collection in north america with trees from canada china japan korea taiwan and the united states. Restaurants near pacific bonsai museum.

Nestled amidst towering conifers pacific bonsai museum connects people to nature through the living art of bonsai.