In 2010, twenty years after the foundation of the Museum , the right space and prominence has finally been given to the collection of Buddhist art owned by the Matthaes family, acquired in the early 1970s by the founder during his countless travels to the East. From a careful selection of the numerous and notable pieces from Thailand, Burma, China and Japan, the permanent exhibition entitled “The Buddhist Art of East Asia” was born, considered a among the most beautiful Italian collections of the Indochinese area .