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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Review
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Address: 1050 Independence Ave. SW, The Mall, Washington, DC | Map It
- Phone: 202/633-1000
- www.asia.si.edu
- Category: Museums/Galleries
- Location: The Mall
Fodor's Review:
When Charles Freer endowed the gallery that bears his name, he insisted on a few conditions: objects in the collection could not be lent out, nor could objects from outside the collections be put on display. Because of the restrictions it was necessary to build a second, complementary museum to house the Asian art collection of Arthur M. Sackler, a wealthy medical researcher and publisher who began collecting Asian art as a student in the 1940s. Sackler allowed Smithsonian curators to select 1,000 items from his ample collection and pledged $4 million toward the construction of the museum. The collection includes works from China, Southeast Asia, Korea, Tibet, and Japan. Articles in the permanent collection include Chinese ritual bronzes, jade ornaments from the third millennium BC, Persian manuscripts, and Indian paintings in gold, silver, lapis lazuli, and malachite. The lower level connects to the Freer Gallery of Art.
- Cost: Free
- Open: Daily 10-5:30
- Metro: Smithsonian
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