Archives Archives - Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

Square landscape of a New England church along a tree lined road in Deerfield, Mass. on an October morning, the leaves on the trees and falling on the ground have begun turning yellow

October 8, 2021October 7, 2021

Unseen Art History: October Morning: Deerfield, Mass

American Art, Charles Lang Freer, Landscape, Provenance Research, United States, Unseen Art History, Willard Metcalf

Cyanotype print, one wall of the Tachara of Darius

July 23, 2021July 14, 2021

This Day in Freer History: July 23, 1879

Bob Koke leaning against a palm tree with one hand and legs crossed

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

The Kokes in Bali and Beyond

Archives, Bali, Bob and Louise Koke, Indonesia

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020

This Day in Freer History: May 5, 1906

Archives, Charles Lang Freer, Freer, Freer at 100, Freer Gallery of Art, Freer History, Katharine Nash Rhoades

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

International Provenance Research Day

Charles Lang Freer, Day of Provenance Research 2020, provenance, Provenance Research, Provenienzforschung 2020

June 20, 2017March 25, 2020

Pic of the Week: A Museum is Born

Monochromatic etching of Citadel.

April 25, 2017May 23, 2022

Aleppo: An Ancient City of Enduring Appeal

Aleppo, Charles Lang Freer, Ernst Herzfeld

Archival image shows the Peacock Room in museum founder Charles Lang Freer’s Detroit home.

October 5, 2016March 25, 2020

Ask An Archivist

August 10, 2016October 11, 2017

Happy Birthday, Smithsonian!

March 23, 2016March 25, 2020

A Man and His Dog . . . and His Boar

November 27, 2015March 25, 2020

Case Studies

Charles Lang Freer

August 28, 2014March 25, 2020

Larger Than Life: Restoring the Empress Dowager

Empress Dowager Cixi

Cover of album containing Ara Güler photographs, Freer|Sackler Archives.

April 1, 2014March 25, 2020

All That Glitters: Ara Güler Photos in the Freer|Sackler Archives

January 7, 2014March 25, 2020

Ara Güler and the Lost City of Aphrodisias

Anatolia, Ara Güler

The Church of St. Gregory of Tigran Honents, Ani; Ara Güler, 1965; Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Archives

December 23, 2013March 25, 2020

Ara Güler: Photos at an Exhibition

Anatolia, Ara Güler

December 13, 2013March 25, 2020

Ara Güler: A Tale of Two Cities

Anatolia, Ara Güler, Istanbul

December 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Something Fishy at the Freer House

Charles Lang Freer, Maya Foo

October 10, 2012March 25, 2020

Making History: Google Teams Up with Freer|Sackler

Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Google Art Project, Google Cultural Institute

Alex Nagel at the Smithsonian Congress of Scholars tent, Folklife Festival, July 2, 2012

July 10, 2012March 25, 2020

A Colorful Past

Alexander Nagel, Folklife Festival

June 27, 2012March 25, 2020

On Ernst Herzfeld’s Glass Plate Negatives

April 17, 2012March 25, 2020

Squeezing is Believing

Ernst Herzfeld, Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran, Persepolis

March 27, 2012March 25, 2020

Crying Fowl at the Freer!

James McNeill Whistler, Peacock Room, Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese Paintings

February 21, 2012March 25, 2020

Building a Foundation for Asian Art

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Sackler 25

February 14, 2012March 25, 2020

A Very Good Day: Honeymoon in Hangzhou

Benjamin March, China