Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Arthur M. Sackler Museum

The Arthur M. Sackler Museum is one of the Harvard University Art Museums. Located on Broadway in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it holds collections in Classical, Islamic, Asian art; including a notable collection of archaic Chinese jades and Japanese "surimono". The museum also contains paintings, drawings, and calligraphy from Iran, India, and Turkey, as well as ancient coins and Greek and Roman sculpture. The museum was endowed by Arthur M. Sackler.

Another museum, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is part of the Smithsonian Institution and located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C..

ee also

*Arthur M. Sackler
*Fogg Art Museum
*Harvard Art Museum
*Busch Reisinger Museum

External links

* [http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sackler/ Sackler Museum website]


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