Curator Tour | A Museum in the Making

Join curator Diana Greenwold for unique insight into our new exhibition , which tells the story of a bold experiment in art and design that still shapes our galleries today. Artists, architects, and designers transformed museum founder Charles Lang Freer’s Detroit home to display art in new ways. Learn how Freer’s collaborators harmonized frames, lighting, walls, windows, and even furniture to showcase masterpieces of American and Asian art.

Please meet at gallery 8 for the tour. We recommend you register in advance.

Image: Dwight William Tryon (1849–1925); Winter; United States, 1893; oil on canvas; National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1893.17a-b

Image Alt Text: Oil painting of a snowy landscape at either dawn or dusk. A few sparse trees and shrubs dot the horizon.

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