The angular and pyramidal counterpart of the African Art museum, the Arthur M.Sackler Gallery contains art works and devotional objects from Asia and the Middle East. Most of the exhibitions are temporary, and occasionally draw from other museums' collections, so it's not possible to predict what will be on display at any one time. However, exhibitions might take in Sackler's noted collection of translucent jade dragons and intricate, three-thousand-year-old bronzes from China; stone deities from India and Tibet; and lushly illustrated early Islamic texts from Iran, gorgeously colored in gilt, silver and crushed stone pigments. Inexpensive posters and prints are sold in the gift shop. Underground galleries - featuring temporary exhibitions - connect the Sackler to the Freer Gallery and the African Art museum.
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