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As the national museum of Asian art, the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery preserve, exhibit, and interpret Asian art in ways that deepen our understanding of Asia, America, and the world.

Freer Gallery of Art
Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
1050 Independence Ave SW

10 am–5:30 pm daily except December 25.

Admission is free.

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gilt statue of a Bodhisattva in a large headress

Sacred Dedication: A Korean Buddhist Masterpiece

color photograph of a woman in burgundy top and green headscarf holding a brown purse glancing down and standing in front of leafless branches

My Iran: Six Women Photographers; Detail, Somayeh, from Blank Pages of an Iranian Photo Album; Newsha Tavakolian; courtesy of Newsha Tavakolian/Magnum photos; ELS2019.4.1.

My Iran: Six Women Photographers

Shahzia Sikander (b. 1969), Ecstasy as Sublime, Heart as Vector, 2016 (Detail). Photography: Ricardo Barros, courtesy of Princeton University. Artwork © Shahzia Sikander

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