The Gallery of Oriental Art brings together objects of great artistic and cultural value from Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Dagestan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, India, China and Japan, selected from the most important and valuable heritage of Oriental and Far Eastern art in the country. The collection was developed in over seventy years, through transfers, donations and acquisitions by the National Museum of Art of Romania.

The rooms dedicated to the Islamic world exhibits works of art created between the 7th and 20th centuries, revealing the mutual influence of artistic practices such as epigraphic decoration and the alternation between vegetal elements (arabesques) and geometric styles. The Islamic art objects reflect the common features present in the artistic conception and in the repertoire of decorative motifs of both sacred and secular objects: carpets, costumes, embroidery, ceramics, metal objects, weapons and armour.

The room dedicated to the Chinese art displays remarkable artworks from millennia-old cultural traditions, providing an overview of the evolution of artistic genres from the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) and the first half of the 20th century. The selection of paintings, sculptures, textiles, as well as ceramics, jade, cloisonné and lacquer works illustrate the various styles of court art and folk-influenced art.

The rooms dedicated to the art of Japan showcase defining objects of the Japanese culture from the 17th-20th centuries, from the Edo, Meiji and Taisho eras: paintings on silk and paper, sculptures, samurai armours and weapons, bronze vessels, ceramics and ivory objects. The polychrome woodblock print, one of the major art forms developed in the Edo period, is illustrated by important works by masters active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The presentation of this segment concludes with a construction unique in the country, the tea ceremony room.

The Gallery of Oriental Art offers, through a modern exhibition in line with the current museum practice, an overview of these more or less distant worlds. The opening of the gallery was possible thanks to the efforts of the museum's management, art historians, curators, conservators, restorers and technicians, as well as to the important contribution of donors, sponsors and partners, to whom we are very grateful.