National Museum of Asian Art

The National Museum of Asian Art on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., unites the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, which share trustees, staff, and a budget while keeping separate collections totaling about 45,000 works. The Freer opened in 1923 from Charles Lang Freer’s gift of Asian art, nineteenth-century American painting, and the endowment to build the gallery, while the Sackler opened in 1987 after Arthur M. Sackler donated ancient Chinese art and funding. Their differing founding terms shape exhibitions, and the institution has expanded international ties, including preserving looted Yemeni artworks during that country’s civil war.

Washington, District of Columbia · United States