Arthur Sackler Gallery

Freer- Sackler Gallery

The Smithsonian’s Museums of Asian Art

When the Freer Gallery opened to the public in 1923, it became the Smithsonian’s first art museum. Founder Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) was a Detroit businessman who began collecting American Art in the 1880s, before turning his attention East. The Museum boasts outstanding holdings of works from China, Egypt, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia and the Islamic world. It also has a renowned collection of American Art, including Whistler’s Peacock Room.

Photography was not permitted inside the Gallery as on 27 Oct, 2013.

Rangarajan Ramaswamy Bangalore 1 Jan, 2014