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All That Glitters: Ara Güler Photos in the Freer|Sackler Archives
Cover of album containing Ara Güler photographs, Freer|Sackler Archives. Johns Hopkins University students Christie YoungSmith and Gracie Golden helped curate the exhibition In Focus: Ara Güler’s...
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Museum TLC: Sound Advice
Visitors take a tour of “Peacock Room REMIX” during Asia After Dark: PEACOCKalypse. A recent article in the Washington Post talked about the possible effects of loud music on artworks during...
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Behind the Scenes: Sōtatsu
Sōtatsu maquette (with Batman and Catwoman) To prepare for the upcoming exhibition Sōtatsu: Making Waves, our designers are busy exploring ideas for the galleries. This maquette, or scale model, shows...
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Enter the Peacock Room with Google Cardboard
Freer|Sackler photographer Neil Greentree tries out Google Cardboard Check your mailbox! The New York Times is sending more than one million Google Cardboard viewers to subscribers over the next few...
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What’s Up in the Freer?
One of our Chinese art galleries rests as the Freer undergoes renovation. While the Sackler is as lively as ever, over at the Freer Gallery of Art—now under renovation—the lights are dim, doors are...
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Unraveling Our Objects’ Histories
Some of our objects carry thousands of years of history—yet their past seventy-five years or so may be the most difficult to unravel. During the tumultuous years before and during World War II, the...
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ImaginAsia: The Lost Finger
Guardian figure; Japan, Kamakura period, 1185–1333; wood (Cryptomeria japonica); Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1949.20 All was still, absolutely still as the moon rose over the National Mall...
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Photo Story: Freer Renovation
Photograph by Robb Harrell A shot of an empty corridor in the Freer Gallery, which reopens this fall. Learn more about the renovation project that’s now underway.
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Pic of the Week: Preparations Begin
Preparation for the Freer|Sackler reopenings in the DES shops Watch as Freer|Sackler employee John Piper prepares a mount for an object slated for display for the re-opening. We’re excited for the...
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A glimpse of an archaeological excavation in Iraq-Kurdistan
This year, my team and I, the Qara Dagh Regional Archaeological project (QDRAP), has begun the excavation of a Late Chalcolithic 3-5 (3900/3850-3100 B.C.) site in the Qara Dagh Valley, in...
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