Hear Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Jeff Byers, tell the legend of Bokuden, a famous samurai.

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Miriam Mills, tells the Chinese folktale, "The Dragon's Pearl" in the Asian Art Museum collection galleries. This video features artworks from the Asian Art Museum's permanent collection.

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Miriam Mills, tells an excerpt from The Ramayana (The Life of Rama) in the Southeast Asian galleries at the Asian Art Museum. This video features artworks from the Asian Art Museum's permanent collection.

Whether stolen from ancient tombs or as recently as art looted by the Nazi's during WWII, this episode explores the problems presented to modern museums when trying to track the rightful owners of a particular work of art.

REFLECT: CONSIDERING THE PERSONAL — The power of the personal story is often at the core of an extraordinary art experience. By delving deeply into our own lives through engagement with art, new insights are revealed to us that affect our understanding of ourselves in the world. The power of art to make the individual story a universal experience is why we engage in art in a public setting — so that we can see ourselves in others and others in ourselves.

Barong masks are often sold as souvenirs, but true ritual Barong are created using a particular type of wood with special ceremonies marking key points in the process. In this video, scholar I Wayan Dibia is at the home of mask carver I Wayan Tanguhh and describes the process of repairing a Barong mask. The Barong is a protective deity that can take on a variety of animal forms--lions, tigers, and boars are some of the more common images--and each one is addressed using a respectful title such as Great God or Great Lord.

Watch museum experts solve the DIA's greatest art mysteries! Check back each week for a new whodunit. Visit dia.org today and get your tickets to see Fakes, Forgeries and Mysteries.

DIA Director Graham Beal takes viewers on a personal tour of some of his favorite works in the museum.With one of the largest (over 60,000 works) and most significant collections of any art museum in the nation it's hard to narrow down to just a few.