The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation was established in 1965 by the late Arthur M. Sackler, M.D. (1913–1987) to make the extensive Arthur M. Sackler Collections accessible to scholars, students, and the general public. The Foundation lends art from its collection of more than 1,000 works of art to museums, organizes traveling exhibitions, and has published eleven scholarly catalogues of the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. The Foundation also maintains the photographic archive of the Arthur M. Sackler Collections.