Freer Gallery of Art

Variant names
Dates:
Establishment 1923
Active 1906
Americans
English

History notes:

The Freer Gallery of Art was conceived by its founder, Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), as a museum and a research institution. A Detroit industrialist, Freer collected more than 9,420 art objects and manuscripts before his death.The museum opened to the public in 1923.

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Subjects:

  • Arts
  • Cataloging of art

Occupations:

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Places:

  • DC, US
  • Freer Gallery of Art / Sackler Gallery, ,
  • Middle East (as recorded)

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Sponsors

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Endowment for the Humanities

Hosts

University of Virginia Library
National Archives and Records Administration