Other Resources at Cornell

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

A variety of programs are held in conjunction with the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art including exhibits, educational programs, and events and lectures. The Johnson Museum also holds special collections on Southeast Asian and Indonesian art. The Southeast Asian art gallery can be found on the fifth floor of the Museum.

During the academic year, the Johnson Museum staff and docents provide a range of educational programs, workshops and tours using the Southeast Asian collections for local elementary and secondary schools, teachers, college students and faculty, and adults. The Museum also offers a variety of family programs. To learn more about the museum's educational programs click here.

Through the OMNI program (Objects and their Makers - New Insights), schools can learn more about Southeast Asia by bringing object-based learning units into their classrooms. Each OMNI unit focuses on a culture represented in the H.F.Johnson Museum's global art collection.

The Echols Collection

The Echols Collection is home to more than 337,000 titles pertaining to Southeast Asia, including: 308,000 monographs, 29,000 serial titles, 2,000 sound recordings, and 1,350 videos. The Echols Collection is widely regarded as the foremost collection of materials on Southeast Asia in the United States.

Cornell Gamelan Ensemble

The Cornell Gamelan Ensemble was organized in the summer of 1972. From that time to the present, the ensemble and elementary courses in the history, theory and performance of gamelan have been taught in the Department of Music. Participation in all levels of gamelan playing and dance is available to any Cornell student, faculty or staff member, and other members of the Ithaca community. The Cornell Gamelan Ensemble works closely with Cornell's Southeast Asia Outreach Program. These are various ways that members of the group can help K-12 students learn more about gamelan in Indonesia and experience playing the instruments.