National Bonsai Museum
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National bonsai museum. Living art of pacific bonsai museum has just arrived hot off the press learn more and purchase a copy. National bonsai penjing museum a free and public museum located on the grounds of the u s. Bonsai at the national arboretum the national aboretum is a true hidden gem amongst other sites in dc. Our first ever book about our collection a gallery of trees.
It has become one of the top nature nonprofits in america. The national bonsai museum isn t the most heavily visited museum in washington d c but it might be the most unique. The national bonsai and penjing museum contains miniature masterpieces of horticultural art. National arboretum in washington dc.
This amazing horticultural collection includes 150 miniature specimens. 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 national bonsai and penjing museum has shut down because of covid 19 as have most of the public attractions in d c. 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.
National arboretum is honored to provide financial programmatic and curatorial support for the u s.