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Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 12 – 1 pmFreer Gallery of Art
Tours | Whistler's World
Tours | Whistler's World

Join a walk-in, docent-led tour to explore the many sides of Whistler. Experience Whistler’s paintings along with objects by Asian artists that inspired his style and subjects.


Image: Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), United Kingdom, 1876–77, room installation; oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, mosaic tile, glass, and wood, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art Collection, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1904.61

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Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 1 – 2 pmFreer Gallery of Art
Permanent Collection Tour
Permanent Collection Tour

The National Museum of Asian Art has over 46,000 artworks from across Asia. Enjoy some of the finest on a docent-led tour and learn about commonalities and differences in cultures, aesthetics, and ideas.  

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Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 2 – 3 pmArthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours | Arts Across Asia
Tours | Arts Across Asia

Enjoy a guided tour of our East Building and its range of exhibitions. These tours can feature art from any of the exhibitions currently on view, with works from cultures as diverse as ancient Iran to contemporary Japan.

Please meet at the entrance to Gallery 22, near the gift shop, for the tour.


Image: Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Arthur M. Sackler Collection, The Alice S. Kandell Collection, Photo by John Bigelow Taylor

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Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 2:15 – 3:15 pmFreer Gallery of Art
Tours | Arts of Japan
Tours | Arts of Japan

As the seasons change, enjoy a free, hour-long guided tour of the museum’s renowned collection of Japanese art. Experience a variety of artworks, including paintings, prints, screens, ceramics, metalwork, and more.


Trees, Master of I-nen Seal (1600–1630), Japan, mid-17th century, ink, color, and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1962.30

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Friday, October 10, 2025 | 12 – 1 pmFreer Gallery of Art
Blue dragon on a porcelain dish
Tours | Arts of China

Examine the diverse artistic and cultural traditions of one of the world’s oldest civilizations in this in-person, docent-led tour. Learn about Chinese artworks such as ritual bronze vessels, calligraphy, brush paintings in ink and color, and exquisite ceramics.

Please meet at the West Building Information Desk for the tour.


Dish with foliate flaring rim; Ming dynasty, Xuande reign, 1426–35; Jingdezhen ware; porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze; H x Diam: 4.8 × 21.3 cm; National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1951.13a-b

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Friday, October 10, 2025 | 1 – 2 pmFreer Gallery of Art
Permanent Collection Tour
Permanent Collection Tour

The National Museum of Asian Art has over 46,000 artworks from across Asia. Enjoy some of the finest on a docent-led tour and learn about commonalities and differences in cultures, aesthetics, and ideas.  

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Friday, October 10, 2025 | 2 – 3 pmArthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours | Arts Across Asia
Tours | Arts Across Asia

Enjoy a guided tour of our East Building and its range of exhibitions. These tours can feature art from any of the exhibitions currently on view, with works from cultures as diverse as ancient Iran to contemporary Japan.

Please meet at the entrance to Gallery 22, near the gift shop, for the tour.


Image: Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Arthur M. Sackler Collection, The Alice S. Kandell Collection, Photo by John Bigelow Taylor

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Friday, October 10, 2025 | 2:15 – 3:15 pmFreer Gallery of Art
Tours | Arts of Japan
Tours | Arts of Japan

As the seasons change, enjoy a free, hour-long guided tour of the museum’s renowned collection of Japanese art. Experience a variety of artworks, including paintings, prints, screens, ceramics, metalwork, and more.


Trees, Master of I-nen Seal (1600–1630), Japan, mid-17th century, ink, color, and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1962.30

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Saturday, October 11, 2025 | 12 – 1 pmFreer Gallery of Art
Blue dragon on a porcelain dish
Tours | Arts of China

Examine the diverse artistic and cultural traditions of one of the world’s oldest civilizations in this in-person, docent-led tour. Learn about Chinese artworks such as ritual bronze vessels, calligraphy, brush paintings in ink and color, and exquisite ceramics.

Please meet at the West Building Information Desk for the tour.


Dish with foliate flaring rim; Ming dynasty, Xuande reign, 1426–35; Jingdezhen ware; porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze; H x Diam: 4.8 × 21.3 cm; National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1951.13a-b

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Saturday, October 11, 2025 | 1 – 2 pmFreer Gallery of Art
Permanent Collection Tour
Permanent Collection Tour

The National Museum of Asian Art has over 46,000 artworks from across Asia. Enjoy some of the finest on a docent-led tour and learn about commonalities and differences in cultures, aesthetics, and ideas.  

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