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The Singing Bowl Museum has a mission of education and preservation. My goal in collecting many of the finest antiques was to create a representative collection, representing all of the best and most unique types of singing bowls. 

With such a large assemblage, it has become possible to compare the many details in construction, decoration and wear to create a factual history and timeline for these beloved objects.

By continued study of the collection, I make more and more discoveries. By comparing the details of the bowls, I can see which were made by the same maker, which came earlier, which have common characteristics, which seem completely unique.

I have already uncovered many interesting clues about the history of the bowls, discovering through the metallurgy their relation to other cultures spanning half of the ancient world. 

For lovers of singing bowls, I am placing the bowls in a historical and cultural context, so you understand better where they came from and their astonishingly long journey to be with us.

By photographing and recording every bowl in the collection, I am preserving and cataloging this remarkable collection, possibly the largest collection of such high quality antique singing bowls ever assembled. 

The museum collection will remain available for virtual use in perpetuity. I hope to make it so and need your support to do so.

It is also my goal to keep as much of the collection together as possible and your donations help me to do that. Without such support, the bowls will need to be sold and only the virtual collection will remain. 

My goal is to create a foundation to keep the collection together, as a real museum going into the future. I will need the generous support of donors to do so and gratefully ask for your support. 

I spent years to create The Singing Bowl Museum. In just a few months, I have completely reorganized it in our new location. On display for the first time in over 10 years, I am reexamining the bowls and making new discoveries every day. I have found generations of makers working on the same type of bowl, evidence that one workshop dominated during important periods, relationships to the cultural timeline and connections to faraway cultures during the same time.

The singing bowl journey covers a vast area of geography and long period of time. From Ancient Persia to Japan, from the 11th century until today, 1,000 years and thousands of miles are part of this epic journey.

Join me in discovering what secrets these historic objects still hold.