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# Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries Host Conversations on Religion and Spirituality in Museums
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/smithsonian-freer-sackler-conversations-religion-spirituality-museums/
- Published: 2020-07-15T16:00:49.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:06:48.000Z
- Description: The series comprises three panels of scholars, faith leaders, and public figures exploring key issues related to spirituality and Asian religions.
- Author: National Museum of Asian Art
- Tags: Announcement, Event Announcement, Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:41 (2019, 2020, part 2)

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Join the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the [Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art](https://s.si.edu/3ezotq8?ref=hyperallergic.com), for a series of three timely and wide-ranging online conversations about religion and spirituality in the museum. Featured speakers include Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, Krista Tippett of the *On Being* podcast, American Zen priestess Reverend angel Kyodo williams, Chase F. Robinson, director of the Freer and Sackler, and many more.

## Moment of Zen: Buddhist Teachings for Turbulent Times 

[Wednesday, July 22, 6pm EDT](https://s.si.edu/2WrCiAP?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
American Zen priestess angel Kyodo williams, art historian Yukio Lippit of Harvard University, and museum curator Frank Feltens will discuss Buddhism, spirituality, and engagement with the world. 

## Conversations about Museums and Healing with Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III and *On Being’s* Krista Tippett 

[Wednesday, July 29, 6pm EDT](https://s.si.edu/3eBugvw?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
Smithsonian leaders and broadcaster Krista Tippett explore how the role of museums has shifted and how we can plan for our post-Covid existence. 

## Spirituality and the Art Museum in Contemporary America 

[Wednesday, August 5, 6pm EDT](https://s.si.edu/3etQEH6?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
Leading scholars of religion and sociology conduct a thought-provoking discussion about the changing role of spirituality in our country today. 

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[**Interested? Registration is now open!**](https://bit.ly/3exIkWU?ref=hyperallergic.com)

Visit [**asia.si.edu**](https://s.si.edu/3ezotq8?ref=hyperallergic.com) to learn more about each event in the series and the featured panelists. Contact <asiaprograms@si.edu>with questions.

*This series of events is made possible by the Lilly Foundation Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.*