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HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The Hirshhorn—its eye-catching, cylindrical architecture encompasses a spectacular center fountain—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—the largest artistic bequest 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: www.hirshhorn.si.edu 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 theater, which screens 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 www.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. EXHIBITIONS “Black Box: Kimsooja” (closes Aug. 17); “Black Box: Semiconductor” ( Aug. 25 through Dec. 14); “The Cinema Effect, Part II: Realisms” (closes Sept. 7); “The Panza Collection and W of Seeing: Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza” ays (opens Oct. 23); “Directions—Terence Gower” (opens Nov. 5). M metro ● ● ● ● L’Enfant Plaza (ORANGE, BLUE, ® YELLOW AND GREEN LINES) “Cinema Effect: Part II,” (stills from Runa Islam’s 1998 film “Tuin”) features video and digital works by a range of influential artists. CHRIS ROSSI; RUNA ISLAM, TUIN 1998, JAY JOPLING/WHITE CUBE, PHOTO BY GERRY JOHANSSON The museum’s donut-shaped architecture consists of an 82-foothigh cylinder 231 feet in diameter. Download exclusive interviews with the artists. Free podcasts are available at hirshhorn.si.edu. www.goSmithsonian.com 49 http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu http://www.goSmithsonian.com

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goSmithsonian - June 2008 Contents Visitor Information Smithsonian Institution Building—The Castle The S. Dillon Ripley International Gallery Dining Guide Donald W. Reynolds Center Smithsonian American Art Museum National Portrait Gallery National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Discovery Theater, SITES, Folklife Festival and more National Museum of American History Map of the National Mall National Museum of Natural History National Museum of the American Indian Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Asian Art Freer Gallery of Art/Asian and American Art Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden/Contemporary and Modern Art National Museum of African Art Renwick Gallery/American Art National Postal Museum Anacostia Community Museum National Zoological Park

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