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Mingei International Museum - North County |
| The Visiting Info shown below, if any, is always subject to change. Please check the facility's website for the latest information before making a trip.
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| Facility: | Mingei International Museum - North County |
| Description: | Mingei is a special word increasingly used throughout the world for "arts of the people." It was coined by the revered scholar, the late Dr. Soetsu Yanagi, through combining the Japanese words for all people (min) and art (gei). His keen eye observed that many useful, pre-industrial articles made by unknown craftsmen were of a beauty seldom equaled by artists of modern societies. From questioning why this might be, he gained insight as to the nature of beauty embodied in objects that are integrally related to life and born of a state of mind not attached to a conscious idea of beauty or ugliness. Within these timeless arts of the people (mingei), he recognized a quality of expression in which there was no fragmentation of body, mind and spirit. He realized that to balance the weight of increasing technology there was a growing urgency for man to continue to make and use objects that express his whole being. To communicate this profound insight, Dr. Yanagi and the renowned potters, Shoji Hamada and Kanjiro Kawai, founded the Mingei Association of Japan and in Tokyo the first Folk Crafts Museum. |
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| Address 1: | 155 West Grand Avenue |
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| City: | Escondido |
| State/Province: | CA |
| Zip Code: | 92025 |
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| Hours: | TUESDAY - SATURDAY 1 PM - 4 PM Second Saturday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Complimentary admission 4 – 8 p.m. sponsored by Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. CLOSED SUNDAYS, MONDAYS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS |
| Admission: | $6 adults, $4 seniors, $3 youth (6-17) and students and military with ID, children under 6 and members complimentary. |
| Telephone: | (760) 735-3355 |
| Website: | http://www.mingei.org |
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