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THE BASICS HOURS: 10 to 5:30; closed December 25. ADDRESS: 1050 Independence Ave., SW PHONE: 202.633.1000 (voice/tape) 202.633-5285 (TTY) WEB: www.asia.si.edu METRO: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery M metro ● ● Smithsonian (ORANGE AND BLUE LINES) ® See Xu Bing’s Monkeys Grasping for the Moon, a suspended sculpture spanning all four levels of the Sackler Gallery. Housed in a unique underground building, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery maintains a collection of Asian art from the ancient to the contemporary. The gallery opened in 1987 with a gift of nearly 1,000 artworks from collector Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987). TIPS • Free tours begin daily at 12:15 (except on Wednesdays and holidays); meet at the information desk, subject to docent availability. Reservations are required for groups of ten or more, foreign language tours and sign-language interpreters; call 202-633-1012 or e-mail asiatours@si.edu. • For families with children, visit the “ImaginAsia” hands-on activities classroom located on Level 2; call 202-633-1000 for a schedule of events. EXHIBITIONS “Yellow Mountain: China’s Ever-Changing Landscape” (Main Gallery, Level 1, through Aug. 24); “Perspectives: Y.Z. Kami” (Pavilion, through Oct. 13); “MURAQQA‘: Imperial Mughal Albums From the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin” (Southeast Galleries, through Aug. 3). “Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur” (Main Galleries, Oct. 11 through Jan. 4); “Seascapes: Tyron and Sugimoto” (Southeast Galleries, through Jan. 25); “Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia,” (Level 1, on long-term loan). www.goSmithsonian.com A porcelain bowl by Japanese contemporary artist Shindo Susumu is on view by the Sackler’s Level 3 reflecting pool. 44 ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY; GIFT OF THE JAPAN FOUNDATION, SACKLER GALLERY http://www.asia.si.edu http://www.goSmithsonian.com

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goSmithsonian - June 2008 Contents Visitor Information Smithsonian Institution Building—The Castle The S. Dillon Ripley International Gallery Dining Guide Donald W. Reynolds Center Smithsonian American Art Museum National Portrait Gallery National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Discovery Theater, SITES, Folklife Festival and more National Museum of American History Map of the National Mall National Museum of Natural History National Museum of the American Indian Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Asian Art Freer Gallery of Art/Asian and American Art Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden/Contemporary and Modern Art National Museum of African Art Renwick Gallery/American Art National Postal Museum Anacostia Community Museum National Zoological Park

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