Its fifth floor houses the museum's extensive Asian collection.

Additional to the Asian collections are materials from around the world.

Located on the grounds is a Japanese tea hut, part of the museum's Asian collection.

There are three permanent collections: Australian, European (post-16th century) and Asian.

A new gallery for the East Asian collection was opened in 2006, increasing the exhibition space by a quarter.

"And they will be a strong asset to our Asian collection and the Japanese Garden."

Besides the Asian collection, there is also a wide range of European and some Islamic ceramics.

Much of what's still around is in East Asian collections, civil or monastic.

The treat is the Asian collection, which travels ground less familiar to Western world-music fans.

The fifth floor observation level holds the museum's large Asian collection.