This Day in Freer History: May 5, 1906
On this day in 1906, Charles Lang Freer and the Smithsonian Institution agreed to the donation of his art collection and funds for the building of a museum to house it.
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Exciting new free programs announced in celebration of the museum's centennial for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
The Guiding Hand of Past Masters
If you’re a book lover, you might enjoy exploring the Pulverer Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books, acquired in 2007 by the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Formed over a span of thirty years by Dr. Gerhard Pulverer and his wife Rosemarie, the collection includes over 900 titles (totaling approximately 2,200 volumes) mostly from the Edo period (1603–1868), although there are a number of twentieth-century works as well.
Behind the Scenes: Imaging A Japanese Handscroll
Learn how conservators at the National Museum of Asian Art preserved this fragile Japanese hand scroll "Miraculous Interventions of Jizo Bosatsu."
