The UNESCO designation of World Heritage sites is given to only a few selected cities. Bath in southwest England has the designation. Although it is called one of the best preserved 18th-century cities in the world, its origins go much further back in time.
It has the remarkable appeal of Roman Baths and the abbey, the River Avon and surrounding hills, and the more recent Royal Crescent and old streets with tea shops that specialize in Sally Lunn buns.
In a restored Georgian house near The Circus in Bath is The Museum of East Asian Art. It cares for a valuable collection of ceramics, jades, bronzes and other treasures from China, Japan, Korea and southeast Asia. The museum was founded in 1990 by Brian S. McElney OBE, a longtime discriminating collector.