Freer Gallery of Art
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily, except Dec. 25
Admission is free
About
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art includes 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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Current Exhibitions
- Rinpa: Creativity Across Time and Space
- The Peacock Room Comes to America
- Feathered Ink
- Meeting Tessai: Modern Japanese Art from the Cowles Collection
- A Perfect Harmony: American Art
- Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song Dynasty
- Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent
- Promise of Paradise: Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture
- Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry: Chinese Bronzes
- Rediscovering Korea's Past: Korean Ceramics
- Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
- Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China
- Engaging the Senses: Arts of the Islamic World
- Center of the World: China and the Silk Road
