Freer Gallery of Art
Item
Title
Freer Gallery of Art
Description
Founded in 1906, the Freer became the first Smithsonian museum dedicated to Asian art. Charles Freer donated his collection of nearly 10,000 works of Chinese, Japanese, Egyptian, Near Eastern, and Indian objects and American art for this new museum. Freer also funded the construction of the building that opened in 1923, and he would only allow art from his collections to be displayed within its galleries. Since merging with the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the museum is now known as the Freer-Sackler.
Creator
Charles A. Platt
Charles Lang Freer
Date
1923 (Opened)
Coverage
1920-1949
Source
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives. View original.