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Category: Behind the Scenes

female holding a phone in front of a 3D image of a large incense burner
September 19, 2018September 19, 2018

Google Expeditions AR Brings Smithsonian 3D Models into the Home and Classroom via Augmented Reality

three women viewing a vase in a case
May 25, 2018June 13, 2018

Gathering of the Tribe

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018

Traveling Oscar de la Renta: From Runway to Museum

fashion, ikats
Volunteer Larry DeVore at work
May 10, 2018May 11, 2018

Honoring Our Volunteers: Protect and Serve

volunteers
square detail from A Perfect Harmony rendering
October 6, 2017November 9, 2017

Behind the Scenes: A Perfect Harmony

An open structure with a bright red roof stands atop a hill amid grassy planes, mountains rising high over the horizon.
July 26, 2017December 29, 2017

A glimpse of an archaeological excavation in Iraq-Kurdistan

June 26, 2017August 30, 2017

Pic of the Week: Preparations Begin

Freer Gallery of Art corridor under renovation 2017.
January 10, 2017August 30, 2017

Photo Story: Freer Renovation

Guardian figure; Japan, Kamakura period, 1185–1333; wood (Cryptomeria japonica); Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1949.20
May 9, 2016September 13, 2017

ImaginAsia: The Lost Finger

Octagonal mirror with animals, flowerets, and floral scrolls
March 25, 2016September 5, 2017

Unraveling Our Objects’ Histories

provenance
photo of an empty gallery
February 2, 2016September 5, 2017

What’s Up in the Freer?

Freer|Sackler photographer Neil Greentree tries out Google Cardboard
November 9, 2015September 5, 2017

Enter the Peacock Room with Google Cardboard

Peacock Room
Batman and Catwoman figurines in Sōtatsu exhibition maquette
September 18, 2015October 10, 2017

Behind the Scenes: Sōtatsu

Sotatsu: Making Waves, Tawaraya Sōtatsu
August 26, 2015September 13, 2017

Museum TLC: Sound Advice

Asia After Dark
Cover of album containing Ara Güler photographs, Freer|Sackler Archives.
April 1, 2014October 10, 2017

All That Glitters: Ara Güler Photos in the Freer|Sackler Archives

Ara Güler
The Church of St. Gregory of Tigran Honents, Ani; Ara Güler, 1965; Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Archives
December 23, 2013October 10, 2017

Ara Güler: Photos at an Exhibition

Anatolia, Ara Güler
August 29, 2013

Busted! The Secret Lives of Agnes Meyer and Charles Lang Freer

Charles Lang Freer
Working on the installation of Rina Banerjee's A World Lost in the Sackler pavilion
July 26, 2013October 12, 2017

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Rina Banerjee
July 5, 2013October 9, 2017

A Flowerful Fourth

flowers
May 24, 2013

Together We’re One: Crowdfunding our Yoga Exhibition

crowdfunding, Yoga
January 18, 2013

The Search for Ancient China … Begins in New Jersey?

archaeology, collecting, Paul Singer
Bookcovers from a volume of the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album)
September 14, 2012October 12, 2017

Emperors and Interns: Behind the Scenes of Worlds within Worlds

Mughal dynasty, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
July 13, 2012October 13, 2017

On Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence

Exhibiting Asia, Orhan Pamuk, Turkey
Open book with two images on each page.
June 8, 2012October 12, 2017

Hokusai by the Book

Charles Lang Freer, Freer|Sackler Library, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai
May 17, 2012October 11, 2017

Ai Weiwei in Just Over a Minute

Ai Weiwei, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Fragments, Perspectives
April 4, 2012October 12, 2017

Grass and Honey: An Interview with Heejin Kim

Kenzan style desk screen with design of mountain retreat
April 3, 2012October 12, 2017

Eye Wonder Redux

Google Art Project, Peacock Room
collection of jade disks (bi 璧)
December 2, 2011October 12, 2017

Making an Exhibition: The Sequel

December 2, 2011October 12, 2017

Making an Exhibition

bronze, Freer Gallery, jade
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