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2017
Dame Professor Jessica Rawson To Be Awarded the Charles Lang Freer Medal
Museums’ Award Marks Lifetime Contributions to Asian Art2017-05-26 | Press Release
Director of Smithsonian’s Asian Art Galleries Announces Plan To Retire
Julian Raby has announced that he will retire from his position at the beginning of 2018 after 15 years with the Institution2017-05-26 | Press Release
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery To Reopen With Weekend-long Celebration
The Two Galleries Reopen Oct. 14 as the Place Where Asia Meets America2017-05-23 | Press Release | 日本語
2016
Sackler Gallery Announces New Opening Date and Programs for First Major U.S. Exhibition of Qur’ans
Landmark Exhibition Will Be Open Oct. 22 Through Feb. 20, 20172016-09-29 | Press Release
“Jades for Life and Death” Digital Catalog Features Ancient Chinese Jades Collection
Freer and Sackler Launches Online Bilingual Catalog of Objects From Stone Age to Han Dynasty2016-09-13 | Press Release
2015
Mitsubishi Corp. To Donate $1 Million to Freer and Sackler Galleries
Sponsorship Supports U.S.–Japan Collaboration and Outreach2015-11-24 | Press Release
Key Artifacts from ISIS-endangered Palmyra, Syria, On View at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
3-D Scan of Rare Funerary Bust Will Be Available to Explore and Download2015-06-08 | Press Release
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe Awards $1 Million to Freer and Sackler Galleries, Inducts Director into Order of the Rising Sun
Honors Recognize Smithsonian Leadership in Japanese Art, Upcoming Tawaraya Sōtatsu Exhibition2015-04-30 | Press Release
The Prince of Wales Attends Meeting at the Freer and Sackler Galleries To Discuss 2016 Exhibition
Exhibition Will Showcase Turquoise Mountain’s Revival of Artisans in Afghanistan2015-03-18 | Press Release
Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art to Close January 2016 for Major Renovations
Exhibitions, Collections and Programs Continue at Sackler Gallery and Online2015-02-11 | Press Release
2014
Jan Stuart Appointed First Melvin R. Seiden Curator of Chinese Art at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries
2014-10-15 | Press Release
President of Turkey Awards Freer and Sackler Galleries Director Julian Raby the Order of Merit
2014-08-18 | Press Release
West Point Cadets Come to the Freer and Sackler Galleries
West Point Cadets Visit Freer and Sackler Galleries’ Whistler Exhibition and Collections in Honor of Famous Alumnus Whistler’s 180th Birthday2014-08-12 | Media Advisory
Freer and Sackler Galleries Receive Bequest of Rare Prints of India
Collection Creates First Public Resource for Studying Early European and American Images of India2014-06-16 | Press Release | Images
Donna Strahan Joins Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries as Head of Conservation and Scientific Research
Donna Strahan has joined the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s museums of Asian art, as the head of the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research.2014-03-27 | Press Release
2013
Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries Announce New Grant to Preserve Art of Chinese Painting Conservation
$1 Million from Mellon Foundation Endows Next Generation of Conservators2013-09-10 | Press Release
Rare Southern Arabian Artifacts Find Home at Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery
History Preserved in Sand Reveals Clues to the Ancient Qataban Civilization2013-08-29 | Press Release | Images
2012
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