Freer Gallery of Art: Courtyard Garden
Italian Renaissance style museum and courtyard
May 9, 1923 – Permanent
Smithsonian Gardens
Smithsonian museums
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
3rd Floor, center courtyard
The Courtyard Garden is an elegantly designed outdoor space that invites relaxation and quiet contemplation within the gallery. In 1906, Charles L. Freer, a Detroit railroad-car manufacturer, donated his exceptional collection of Asian art and works by James McNeil Whistler to the people of the United States.