National Bonsai And Penjing Museum
So if you re looking for bonsai inspiration a walk in the woods is not the same as strolling the museum but it will have to do for now.
National bonsai and penjing museum. National bonsai penjing museum. National arboretum is honored to provide financial programmatic and curatorial support for the u s. Together we promote the art of bonsai penjing and related art forms to visitors through masterpiece displays and educational programs while fostering intercultural friendship and understanding. The national bonsai and penjing museum has shut down because of covid 19 as have most of the public attractions in d c.
Leave a comment 28 april 2019. Maple tree at the chinese pavilion national bonsai foundation bonsai and penjing museum at the united states national arboretum in washington d c. The living sculptures of bonsai and penjing are inspired by natural scenes and they change with the seasons like their wild relatives. The museum opened in 1976 when the nippon japan bonsai association donated 53 bonsai to the people of the united states to commemorate the nation s bicentennial.
The national bonsai and penjing museum contains miniature masterpieces of horticultural art. Now more than 200 000 people annually visit the museum s collection of 150 plants located in three pavilion houses. National arboretum in washington dc. The national aboretum is a true hidden gem amongst other sites in dc.
The living artworks of this national collection feature some of the finest miniature trees and forests in the world created by some of australia s leading bonsai and penjing artists. The area s bonsai trees sit in the national bonsai penjing museum which boasts an astounding 300 miniature trees that staff members rotate through the museum s three pavilions and special. Seeing the late fall foliage was beautiful but seeing the varied and beautiful collection of bonsai and penching chinese bonsai indoors was amazing and a great way to escape the cold. The chinese art of penjing and the japanese art of bonsai use woody plants in containers as a medium to portray the natural growth habit of trees in the landscape.
The national bonsai foundation in partnership with the u s. This amazing horticultural collection includes 150 miniature specimens. National bonsai penjing museum a free and public museum located on the grounds of the u s.