The ASEAN Gallery was inaugurated on August 8, 2001. It promotes the use of visual arts as a vehicle for promoting awareness of universal ideals as well as the realities we all have to live with. The gallery showcases paintings, sculptures, prints and indigenous artifacts from South East Asia and around the world. The gallery is divided in three main sections: the ASEAN Chairship Wall, the ASEAN Art, and the Dialogue Partners Art. All Items in the collection were gifted to ASEAN Secretariat by leaders, Officials and private companies and individuals from ASEAN Member States and Dialogue Partners.