Charles Lang Freer offered his art collection and funds for a Smithsonian building in 1904 but retained the art for another 13 years before it was established.
Sources
- Charles Lang Freer (kids.britannica.com)
- https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/freer-gallery-art (si.edu)
- https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/revisiting-construction-freer-gallery-art (siarchives.si.edu)
- https://artsandculture.google.com/story/charles-lang-freer-and-the-birth-of-a-museum-natasianart/tQWxd2ZTcXlCJg?hl=en (artsandculture.google.com)
- https://asia-archive.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09//Freer-Charles-Lang.pdf (asia-archive.si.edu)
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