The art collection of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, consists of 4,000 paintings and 2,000 sculptures, artistically represented by many artists, such as the American painters Jackson Pollock and Thomas Eakins. In addition to the museum's latest works and permanent exhibitions, it has a breathtaking sunken sculpture garden with August Rodin and Alexander Calder sculptures---to name just a few. The beautiful sculpture garden is always chosen as a visitor's favorite area and rated by tourists as "an oasis of calm inside the city center" that is extremely accessible and walkable.
The continuously-evolving exhibitions of modern and contemporary art are always intriguing to look at, in addition to the permanent art collection housed within the museum, with lectures available on Thursday nights by famous artists, collectors, and curators—and an option of attending the social "Hirshhorn After Hours" to discuss the corresponding field of art. The added pleasure of connecting with like-minded art individuals, listening to music, and enjoying refreshments will form aesthetic memories that last beyond a lifetime.
Developed through a uranium mining investor, Joseph H. Hirshhorn, and his personal art collection of modern and contemporary works, an Act of Congress established the museum in Washington, DC in 1966 with the complete art holdings of Hirschhorn. Located at the
National Mall, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is part of the
Smithsonian Institution. A work of art itself, the museum is said by many to appear as a large spacecraft with a large fountain in its central courtyard—based on designated directions by the
Smithsonian that it had to provide a contrast to anything else in the city of Washington, DC or it would not apply to modern art.
