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The museums have separate collections. Based on Charles Freer's will, the Freer gallery can exhibit only works in its collection, and those works are not allowed to travel. The Sackler gallery can accept loaned objects and can also loan pieces from its collection.
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The galleries are operated by the same board of trustees and share a budget. Both institutions are run by the same management, curatorial and other staff. The two galleries feature 45,000 works of Asian art.
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to hold and preserve 77 works of art that had been looted from that country. The items will be returned to Yemen when the civil war there ends. Among the works are 65 carved stone
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The Freer Gallery of Art opened in 1923 to display the nineteenth century American painting and Asian art collection of American industrialist
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The museum is working to strengthen its connections with Korea and art institutions there.
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donated 1,000 objects of ancient Chinese art and $ 4 million for a museum to house them.
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In February, 2023, the museum entered into an agreement with the government of
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National Museum of Asian Art marks centenary with festival
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Washington, DC
asia.si.edu
Smithsonian Institution
Freer Gallery of Art
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
National Mall
Washington, D.C.
Charles Lang Freer
Arthur M. Sackler
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Yemen
funerary stelae
"About Us"
"Guide To The Smithsonian Museum Of Asian Art: Sackler & Freer Galleries"
"Don't call it the Freer/Sackler. Call it the National Museum of Asian Art"
ISSN
0190-8286
"Interview: Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art ready to turn page to its 2nd century"
The Korea Times
"The Smithsonian's Asian Art Museum Has Mysteriously Axed Its Partnership With Hong Kong's Trade Office After 27 Years"
Artnet News
"US to return 77 stolen antiquities to Yemen"
The National (Abu Dhabi)
AFP
"Looted Artifacts, Returned to Yemen, Will Go to the Smithsonian, for Now: Under an agreement, ownership of 77 objects seized from a New York art dealer reverted to Yemen. They will be returned when the violent conflict there subsides"
The New York Times
the original
Official website
National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C.

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