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  • A child smiles and looks beyond the camera, next to a calico cat perched in front of a stone stele with engraved Japanese writing.

    March 21

    The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital

  • A woman in a silver dress dances on stage with performers in a lion-dance costume.

    April 4 & 5

    Rom-Com Exclusives

  • Still from a black and white Japanese film, depicting a samurai with his sheathed sword over one shoulder, leading the charge in front of four other men with sheathed swords at their sides.

    April 6 & 13

    Iconic Influences: Kurosawa and Ozu

  • Bright, colorful lights projected onto the facade of the Freer.

    Ongoing

    Asia After Dark

  • a conservator handles an ancient bronze object

    Ongoing

    Conservation & Scientific Research Cart Talks

  • Three teachers in a gallery

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    Events for Educators

  • Curator giving a gallery tour

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    Curator Talks & Tours

  • Metal vessel with swirling designs.

    Ongoing

    Highlights Tour in Mandarin

  • Folding screen painted with a landscape painting

    Tuesdays and Fridays

    Meditation and Mindfulness (Online)

  • Still image from a Japanese black and white film.

    Ongoing

    Monthly Matinees: Japanese Classics

  • Ongoing

    NMAA × CFCH Artisan in Residence Series

  • Ongoing

    Sneak Peek

  • Ongoing

    Tours | Arts of Japan

  • an in-gallery view of a drinking horn with spout in the shape of an animal from the exhibition Feast Your Eyes.

    Ongoing

    Tours | Permanent Collection Highlights Tour

  • A colorful, softly painted watercolor scene of figures walking and pushing carts of flowers before a row of shopfronts.

    Ongoing

    Tours | Whistler's World

  • Painting of a woman dressed in kimono, holding a Japanese paper fan, in front of a folding screen.

    Ongoing

    Tours | The Art of Women

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    Tours | Sketch & Discover

  • Hands handling archival papers.

    Ongoing

    Unpacking Provenance: Retracing the Histories of Asian Art

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