Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

This museum is located just down the street from the "National Air and Space Museum. Conceived as the nation's museum of modern and contemporary art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has as its genesis a passion for collecting and for the art of our time.

The huge collection of the museum includes 4,000 paintings and 2,000 sculptures.

Visitors stroll up a rising, circular incline and view works by Brancusi, Degas, Rodin and contemporary sculptors.

American artists are represented by Thomas Eakins and Jackson Pollock, to name a few. Do not miss the sunken sculpture garden across Jefferson Drive. Auguste Rodin's 'Burghers of Calais' is a must- see.

Admission is free.

Museum:
10:30a, noon & 1p M- F, noon, 1p & 2p Sa- Su

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Contact Information

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Independence Avenue and 7th Street South West
20560 Washington, DC

Tel. +12026331000
hmsginquiries@si.edu
http://www.hmsginquiries@si.edu