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The Charles Lang Freer House in Detroit, the collector's home where he first displayed the Asian and American art that became the Freer Gallery

National Museum of Asian Art · National Mall

A Museum in the Making

Now showing27 June 2026 – 1 August 2027·Free

How Charles Lang Freer used his Detroit home as a proving ground for what became the first national art museum of the United States.

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Installation view of Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Installation view of Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen at the Hirshhorn Museum

Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Sam Gilliam draped canvas installation from Big Things for Big Rooms at the Hirshhorn

Big Things for Big Rooms

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

All exhibitions in Washington, DC this month Coming up in October

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