Exploring African American Heritage at the Smithsonian Exploring African American Heritage at the Smithsonian Return to Table of Contents Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art Housed in two connecting buildings, the Sackler Gallery and its neighbor, the Freer Gallery of Art, together form the Smithsonian's national museum of Asian art for the United States. Both galleries have superb permanent holdings of art from the Islamic world that span ancient times to the present. A changing selection of these objects on view is complemented by loan exhibitions that explore varied aspects of Islamic art and culture. There also is a small but important group of biblical manuscripts and early Christian paintings.
Objects are on view on a rotating basis.