Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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Smithsonian museum art museum sculpture garden

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is a Smithsonian institution in Washington, D.C., renowned for its extensive collection of modern and contemporary art and its distinctive cylindrical building with an adjacent outdoor sculpture garden.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.	1
Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden	1
Smithsonian museums on the National Mall	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Smithsonian museum ⓘ art museum ⓘ sculpture garden ⓘ
architect	Gordon Bunshaft ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Brutalism ⓘ
category	Art museums and galleries in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Museums on the National Mall ⓘ Sculpture gardens in the United States ⓘ
collectionSize	more than 12,000 works ⓘ
collectionType	contemporary art ⓘ modern art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
coordinates	38.8889° N, 77.0229° W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCollection	installation art ⓘ paintings ⓘ photography ⓘ sculptures ⓘ video art ⓘ works on paper ⓘ
hasDirector	Melissa Chiu ⓘ
hasExhibitionSpace	indoor galleries ⓘ outdoor sculpture garden ⓘ plaza with large-scale sculpture ⓘ
hasPart	Hirshhorn Plaza ⓘ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
inception	1974 ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedOn	National Mall ⓘ
namedAfter	Joseph H. Hirshhorn ⓘ
notableWorkInCollection	works by Alberto Giacometti ⓘ works by Alexander Calder ⓘ works by Auguste Rodin ⓘ works by Henri Matisse ⓘ works by Mark Rothko ⓘ works by Pablo Picasso ⓘ works by Willem de Kooning ⓘ works by Yayoi Kusama ⓘ
opened	October 4, 1974 ⓘ
operatedBy	Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
ownedBy	Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
partOf	Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
postalCode	20560 ⓘ
publicTransitAccess	L'Enfant Plaza station ⓘ surface form: L’Enfant Plaza station (Washington Metro) Smithsonian station (Washington Metro) ⓘ
shape	cylindrical building ⓘ
streetAddress	Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW ⓘ
website	https://hirshhorn.si.edu/ ⓘ

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National Mall → contains → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ

Southwest Washington, D.C. → contains → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ

The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin → exhibitedAt → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden → hasPart → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden

Smithsonian Institution → hasPart → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ

West Building → near → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian museums on the National Mall

Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building → nearby → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ

Gordon Bunshaft → notableWork → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ

Independence Avenue → passesBy → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ