Sackler Donates 1000 Pieces of Asian Art

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Summary

It is announced that Dr. Arthur M. Sackler of New York will donate 1,000 masterpieces of Asian art from his collection valued in excess of $50 million, and $4 million to the new Smithsonian Center for African, Near Eastern, and Asian Cultures, to be named the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Subject

  • Sackler, Arthur M
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1982. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, p. 7, 24, 28, 378.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

September 15, 1982

Topic

  • Acquisitions
  • Art
  • Benefactors
  • Art museums
  • New Programs
  • Art, Oriental
  • Museums
  • Gifts
  • Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
  • Endowments
  • Major Events in Smithsonian History
  • Museums--Acquisitions
  • Art objects

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