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Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, {CATEGORY}

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is located just down the street from the National Air and Space Museum . Visitors stroll up a rising, circular incline and view works by Calder, Rodin, and contemporary sculptors. Special exhibits have included works by such artists as Mircea Cantor, Rivane Neuenschwander, and Morris Louis. The museum's collection includes 4000 paintings and 2000 sculptures. Do not miss the sunken sculpture garden across Jefferson Drive. Auguste Rodin's 'Burghers of Calais' is a must-see. Admission to the sculpture garden is free.

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Address: Independence Avenue, Washington, DC 20004

City: Washington

State: District Of Columbia (DC)

Country: United States

Phone 1: +1 202 633 4674

Email: hmsginquiries@si.edu

Official site: www.hirshhorn.si.edu

Opening hours: Museum daily 10am-5:30pm. Sculpture Garden daily 7:30am-dusk

Exceptionally closed: Closed on December 25th

Entrance fee: Free admission

Access by subway: Metro L'Enfant Plaza (Smithsonian Museums/Maryland Ave. or Smithsonian exit)

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Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, {CATEGORY}

This museum of modern and contemporary art is named after Latvian-born Joseph H. Hirshhorn, who, in 1966, donated his vast collection - more than 4,000 drawings and paintings and 2,000 pieces of sculpture - to the United States "as a small repayment for what this nation has done for me and others like me who arrived here as immigrants". The Hirshhorn opened in 1974 to display these works, adding 5,500 more bequeathed by Hirshhorn in 1981, upon his death. The Hirshhorn's current inventory numbers about 11,500. Constructed 14 feet aboveground on sculptured supports, the doughnut-shaped concrete-and-granite building stands 82 feet high and measures 231 feet in diameter. The cylindrically shaped building encloses a hollow core, where a fountain spouts water five stories high. The building's light and airy interior holds three levels of galleries, each following a circular route that makes it easy to see every exhibit without getting lost in a honeycomb of galleries. Natural light from floor-to-ceiling windows makes the inner galleries the perfect venue for regarding sculpture - second only to the beautiful tree-shaded sunken Sculpture Garden across the street (don't miss it). Make your way to the third-floor oculus and you'll be rewarded with a dramatic view of the National Mall. A rotating show of about 600 pieces is on view at all times. The collection features just about every well-known 20th-century artist and touches on most of the major trends in Western art since the late 19th century, with particular emphasis on our contemporary period. Among the best-known pieces are Rodin's Monument to the Burghers of Calais (in the Sculpture Garden), Hopper's First Row Orchestra, de Kooning's Two Women in the Country, and Warhol's Marilyn Monroe's Lips. Pick up a free calendar when you enter to find out about free films, lectures, concerts, and temporary exhibits. Some of these events are quite popular. For instance, the Hirshhorn hosts Hirshhorn After Hours three or four times a year, and it's always a sellout. Twenty-somethings especially love to attend the function, which takes place from 8pm to midnight and combines socializing with art, music or other performance, and cocktails. The $18 tickets are available in advance online, www.hirshhorn.si.edu/afterhours, or by calling tel. 202/633-4629. Docents give impromptu, free, 30-minute tours to anyone who stops by the information desk, noon to 4pm daily.

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, {CATEGORY}

This museum of modern and contemporary art is named after Latvian-born Joseph H. Hirshhorn, who, in 1966, donated his vast collection - more than 4,000 drawings and paintings and 2,000 pieces of sculpture - to the United States "as a small repayment for what this nation has done for me and others like me who arrived here as immigrants". The Hirshhorn opened in 1974 to display these works, adding 5,500 more bequeathed by Hirshhorn in 1981, upon his death. The Hirshhorn's current inventory numbers about 11,500. Constructed 14 feet aboveground on sculptured supports, the doughnut-shaped concrete-and-granite building stands 82 feet high and measures 231 feet in diameter. The cylindrically shaped building encloses a hollow core, where a fountain spouts water five stories high. The building's light and airy interior holds three levels of galleries, each following a circular route that makes it easy to see every exhibit without getting lost in a honeycomb of galleries. Natural light from floor-to-ceiling windows makes the inner galleries the perfect venue for regarding sculpture - second only to the beautiful tree-shaded sunken Sculpture Garden across the street (don't miss it). Make your way to the third-floor oculus and you'll be rewarded with a dramatic view of the National Mall. A rotating show of about 600 pieces is on view at all times. The collection features just about every well-known 20th-century artist and touches on most of the major trends in Western art since the late 19th century, with particular emphasis on our contemporary period. Among the best-known pieces are Rodin's Monument to the Burghers of Calais (in the Sculpture Garden), Hopper's First Row Orchestra, de Kooning's Two Women in the Country, and Warhol's Marilyn Monroe's Lips. Pick up a free calendar when you enter to find out about free films, lectures, concerts, and temporary exhibits. Some of these events are quite popular. For instance, the Hirshhorn hosts Hirshhorn After Hours three or four times a year, and it's always a sellout. Twenty-somethings especially love to attend the function, which takes place from 8pm to midnight and combines socializing with art, music or other performance, and cocktails. The $18 tickets are available in advance online, www.hirshhorn.si.edu/afterhours, or by calling tel. 202/633-4629. Docents give impromptu, free, 30-minute tours to anyone who stops by the information desk, noon to 4pm daily.

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, {CATEGORY}

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is located just down the street from the National Air and Space Museum . Visitors stroll up a rising, circular incline and view works by Calder, Rodin, and contemporary sculptors. Special exhibits have included works by such artists as Mircea Cantor, Rivane Neuenschwander, and Morris Louis. The museum's collection includes 4000 paintings and 2000 sculptures. Do not miss the sunken sculpture garden across Jefferson Drive. Auguste Rodin's 'Burghers of Calais' is a must-see. Admission to the sculpture garden is free.

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, {CATEGORY}

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is located just down the street from the National Air and Space Museum . Visitors stroll up a rising, circular incline and view works by Calder, Rodin, and contemporary sculptors. Special exhibits have included works by such artists as Mircea Cantor, Rivane Neuenschwander, and Morris Louis. The museum's collection includes 4000 paintings and 2000 sculptures. Do not miss the sunken sculpture garden across Jefferson Drive. Auguste Rodin's 'Burghers of Calais' is a must-see. Admission to the sculpture garden is free.