All Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., including the National Zoo, and in New York City continue to be closed to support the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Freer Gallery of Art
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Closed December 25
Admission is free
About
The Smithsonian Institution has two museums of Asian art: the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Freer Gallery houses one of the premier collections of Asian art, with objects dating from Neolithic times to the early 20th century, as well as the world's most important collection of works by James McNeill Whistler.
Highlights
Chinese paintings, Indian sculpture; Islamic painting and metalware; Japanese lacquer; Korean ceramics; American Art from the late 19th-century aesthetic movement; Whistler’s Peacock Room.
Getting Here
We encourage the use of public transportation.
Metro Station: Smithsonian (Mall or Independence Ave. exit)
There is no public parking facility for Smithsonian museums on the National Mall. Limited 3-hour metered parking and commercial lots are available—see parking map. Reserved parking near the museums can be purchased in advance through ParkWhiz.
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- Dewing's Poetic World
- A Perfect Harmony: American Art
- Hokusai: Mad about Painting
- The Peacock Room in Blue and White
- Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent
- Engaging the Senses: Arts of the Islamic World
- Promise of Paradise: Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture
- The Beginnings of Buddhism in Japan: Buddhist Art in Japan
- Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style
- The Power of Words in an Age of Crisis: Buddhist Art in Japan
- In the Shadow of an Apocalypse: Buddhist Art in Japan
- The Power to See Beauty: Charles Lang Freer
- Rediscovering Korea's Past: Korean Ceramics
- Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China
- Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song Dynasty
- Center of the World: China and the Silk Road
- Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry: Chinese Bronzes
- Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
