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The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., focusing on Asian art. The Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. [1] The Freer and Sackler galleries house the largest Asian art research library in the country.
The Sackler Gallery features both permanent and temporary exhibitions from ancient times to the present. The museum is home to an incomparable collection of art, including some of the most important ancient Chinese jades and bronzes in the world.
Britain’s Tate Modern is the latest museum to remove the Sackler name from buildings since the billionaire family and their company, Purdue Pharma, have come under fire over their role in...
As the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery preserve, exhibit, and interpret Asian art in ways that deepen our understanding of Asia, America, and the world.
The Sackler Gallery is part of a large Smithsonian complex that also includes the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and S. Dillon Ripley Center. Shepley Bullfinch Richardson and Abbott of Boston designed the set of buildings, with Jean-Paul Carlhian serving as principal architect.
The Freer Gallery of Art is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. focusing on Asian art. The Freer and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. [2]
The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: two buildings, one museum. Come see us at our home on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Plan Your Visit
The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, are located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Committed to preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting exemplary works of art, the museum houses exceptional collections of Asian art, with more than 46,000 objects dating from the ...
(New York, December 9, 2021)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art and descendants of the late Dr. Mortimer Sackler and Dr. Raymond Sackler today announced that seven named exhibition spaces in the Museum, including the wing that houses the iconic Temple of Dendur, will no longer carry the Sackler name.
In 1985, thanks to a $10.7-million gift from physician and entrepreneur Arthur M. Sackler, the University opened a new museum bearing his name across the street from the Fogg. Three decades later, the Sackler name looms over the consolidated Harvard Art Museums (HAM).