NEW YORK, USA, February 18, 2009: Many prestigious museums currently own sculptures and other artifacts of Lord Ganesha. Last week, internationally renowned Portland Art Museum recently acquired an 11th century Lord Ganesha sculpture for around US$69,000. The stone stele of Lord Ganesha, made in northeastern India showing him in seated in rajalilasana, is scheduled to be unveiled on February 14.
The long list of renowned museums in the USA which have acquired Lord Ganesha statues include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California. The internatinal list includes the include British Museum in London; Musee Guimet in Paris; Museum fuer Asiatische Kunst in Berlin; Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands; Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand and the Beijing World Art Museum, China.