Join us for a special celebration of the MFA’s newly renovated Japanese Buddhist Temple Room. A delegation of monks from Miidera, one of Japan’s largest temples, conducts a ritual to rededicate the room and to invoke blessings for the community.

Miidera has a historic relationship with the Museum of Fine Arts. The early founders of the Japanese collection—Ernest Fenollosa, William Sturgis Bigelow, and Okakura Kakuzō—studied Tendai Esoteric Buddhism there. It is also where Fenollosa and Bigelow are buried today.

Before the rededication ceremony, enjoy a private brunch reception in 465 Bar and Restaurant.