The Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art is located at 119 South Main Street at the intersection of Gayoso Avenue in

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. The museum was opened in 1998 as the Peabody Place Museum and in January 2007 it received its present name. The museums collection is based on the private collection of Memphis developers Jack and Marilyn Belz, who owned the

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and Peabody Place. The Belz features over 1,000 objects, including works of jade,

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, furniture, carvings, and other historical and artistic objects. The museum also houses one of the finest collections of pieces from the

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