Arthur M. Sackler Museum

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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. The museum building was planned by the British architect James Stirling.

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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Sackler Museum website