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The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the Smithsonian Institution.
1,800 cm (60 ft × unknown ft × unknown ft) Location. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., United States. Coordinates. 38°53′16.4″N 77°1′20.99″W / 38.887889°N 77.0224972°W / 38.887889; -77.0224972. Owner. Smithsonian Institution. Needle Tower is a public artwork by American sculptor Kenneth Snelson ...
The first new museum building to open since the National Museum of History and Technology was the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, which opened in 1974. [49] The National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian's largest in terms of floor space, opened in June 1976. [50]
2 - National Museum of American History 3 - National Museum of Natural History 4 - Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) 5 - Freer Gallery of Art 6 - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 7 - National Museum of African Art 8 - Arts and Industries Building 9 - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 10 - National Air and Space Museum.
Gordon Bunshaft FAIA (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990) was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined the firm in 1937 and remained with it for more than 40 years. His notable buildings include Lever House in New York, the Beinecke Rare ...
Finny Fish, 1948, National Gallery of Art. Cascading Flowers, mobile, 1949, National Gallery of Art. Aztec Josephine Baker, 1929, National Gallery of Art. Mountains and Clouds, 1976–87, Hart Senate Office Building. Six Dots Over a Mountain, 1956, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution.
Appearance. The bronze statue of Union Army general George Henry Thomas in Thomas Circle is considered one of the finest equestrian monuments in Washington, D.C. [ 1 ] There are many outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C. In addition to the capital's most famous monuments and memorials, many figures recognized as national heroes (either in ...
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