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Through conservation and scientific research, the department contributes to the overall efforts of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery to achieve the highest standards for the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of Asian art. Care of the collections began before the museum came into existence as Charles Lang Freer, the founder of the Freer Gallery of Art, hired Japanese painting restorers to care for his works and to prepare them for their eventual home as part of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1932, the Freer Gallery of Art hired a full-time Japanese restorer and created what was to become the East Asian Painting Conservation Studio. The Technical Laboratory, and the first use of scientific methods for the study of art at the Smithsonian Institution, started in 1951 when the chemist Rutherford J. Gettens moved from the Fogg Museum at Harvard University to the Freer. The East Asian Painting Conservation Studio and the Technical Laboratory merged in 1990 to form the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research. A permanent staff of fourteen works hand-in-hand with a large, changing group of term employees, contract workers, fellows, interns, and visiting scholars. (See staff list). Our work is focused on three areas: conservation of the Freer and Sackler collections, the use of scientific methods of research for the study of Asian art, and educational efforts, particularly in the field of East Asian painting conservation.
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Asian Art Connections - Conservation This newsletter for teachers focuses on our conservation studio. Collections Exhibitions History of the galleries |
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The Rights and Reproductions office processes orders for images from the collection, as well as those of the museum facility. It also handles requests for permission to reproduce images. For calendars, postcards, and other product development, your request will be forwarded to our shops for permission.
If you would like to order an image or request permission to reproduce an image, please fax, mail, or e-mail the rights and reproductions office at the contact information below. Your letter should include as much of the following information as possible:
Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012, MRC 707 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 202.633.0347 (phone) 202.633.9770 (fax) reprorights@si.edu or gracec@si.edu Fee Schedule Click here to download information about our fee structure, which was last revised in September 2007.
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