Installation views of the Roberta Mann Benson Japanese Audience Hall, gallery 222. In 2001 the museum commissioned the Yasuimoku Komuten Company to build the replica 17th century audience hall using traditional Japanese construction and woodworking methods. The room provides an authentic setting for the display and interpretation of Japanese works of art from the museum's permanent collection.

Free Open Studio: Japanese Woodworking Demo

Step into the studios to see a Japanese woodworking demonstration by Mia exhibition carpenter Daniel Samuelson-Roberts. Visit any time between 12 and 4 p.m. to watch, ask questions, and examine samples made with traditional methods.

_{Installation views of the Roberta Mann Benson Japanese Audience Hall, gallery 222. In 2001 the museum commissioned the Yasuimoku Komuten Company to build the replica 17th century audience hall using traditional Japanese construction and woodworking methods. The room provides an authentic setting for the display and interpretation of Japanese works of art from the museum's permanent collection.}