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1923: The Freer Gallery of Art opens to the public. John Ellerton Lodge, appointed as the museum's first director in 1920, serves until 1942.
1923-27: The museum sponsors archaeological expeditions to China. Future director Archibald Wenley (left) visits Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi, China, in 1925.
1926-29: After his parents lose their business, Sackeler works as a delivery boy to support his family financially.
1930: A memorial dedicated to Freer is unveiled at the Koetsu Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
1933-37: After earning a bachelor's degree from New York University in 1933. Sackler graduates with a medical degree from NYU in 1937. |