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The article features the Museum of East Asian Art in Berlin, Germany. It presents the museum's origin which can be traced back on November 8, 1906, as well as the factors which contribute to its establishment. It also discusses the life background of its founders such as Wilhelm von Bode, Ernst Grosse, and their colleagues. It also discusses the museum's period of operation, its collections, and Berlin's status in terms of East Asian art.

The article focuses on the discovery of the Berlin East Asian Collection taken from the Museum of East Asian Art in Berlin, Germany at the Stage Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The return of the works of art displaced by war was complicated by a law passed by the Russian parliament legalizing its claim to war trophies. Only 365 objects from the collection of the Museum of East Asian Art could be located in the storage at the Winter Palace. There were 16 Chinese and 38 Japanese paintings in the museum.