goSmithsonian - February 2009 - (Page 53) HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Art surrounds you at the Hirshhorn. The museum’s eye-catching, cylindrical architecture encompasses a spectacular center fountain and is home to the nation’s premier collection of international modern and contemporary works of art. Open since 1974, the museum is named for Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1889-1981), a renowned collector, who donated more than 6,000 paintings and sculptures— one of the largest artistic bequests ever made to the Smithsonian Institution. THE BASICS HOURS: 10 to 5:30; closed December 25. ADDRESS: Independence Avenue at Seventh Street, SW PHONE: 202.633.1000 (voice/tape); 202.633.5285 (TTY) WEB: hirshhorn.si.edu goSmithsonian.com METRO: TIPS • Docents are available between 12 and 4 to give tours upon request. Ask at the information desk just inside the entrance. • Check out the museum’s “Black Box,” a new media gallery screening contemporary video works from around the world. • Stroll through the sunken Sculpture Garden on the National Mall side of the museum. Start at Roy Lichtenstein’s towering Brushstroke (1996) and don’t miss the new work For Gordon Bunshaft by Dan Graham, as well as signature works by Auguste Rodin, Alexander Calder and Henry Moore. • For a schedule of events, hands-on teen and children’s workshops and group tour information, visit hirshhorn.si.edu. THE MUSEUM SHOP The shop is filled with intriguing art books, posters and artist-designed jewelry. A kids’ corner is packed with toys, puzzles and project books. M metro ● ● ● ● L’Enfant ® Plaza (ORANGE, BLUE, YELLOW AND GREEN LINES) CHRIS ROSSI; RUNA ISLAM, TUIN 1998, JAY JOPLING/WHITE CUBE, PHOTO BY GERRY JOHANSSON The museum’s doughnut-shaped building consists of an 82-foot-high cylinder 231 feet in diameter. Detail of Ron Mueck’s Untitled (Big Man), 2000, is on view in “Strange Bodies: Figurative Works from the Hirshhorn Collection.” EXHIBITIONS “Directions—Terence Gower, Public Spirit” (closes March 22); “Strange Bodies: Figurative Works From the Hirshhorn Collection.” goSmithsonian.com Download exclusive interviews with the artists. Free podcasts are available at hirshhorn.si.edu. 53 http://hirshhorn.si.edu http://www.goSmithsonian.com http://hirshhorn.si.edu http://hirshhorn.si.edu http://www.goSmithsonian.com
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