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Freer Gallery of Art

Freer Gallery of Art
Freer Gallery of Art

Freer Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States.

About Freer Gallery of Art

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. The Freer and Sackler galleries house the largest Asian art research library in the country and contain art from East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Islamic world, the ancient Near East, and ancient Egypt, as well as a significant collection of American art.

The gallery is located on the south side of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., contiguous with the Sackler Gallery. The museum is open 364 days a year (being closed on Christmas), and is administered by a single staff with the Sackler Gallery.

Freer Gallery of Art by the numbers

Founded
1923
Visitors / year
389,000

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Artworks shown from Freer Gallery of Art are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.