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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Hours:

  • 10 to 5:30
    Closed December 25

Location:

  • Independence Ave. at 7th St., SW
    Washington, DC

Phone/Website:

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  • L'Enfant Plaza Station
    (Use Maryland Ave. exit)

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Tips

From noon to 4, docents at the information desk will help visitors and conduct impromptu 30-minute tours.

Check out the museum’s “Black Box,” a space for new media, 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 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.

Highlights Tours

(walk-in; meet at info desk)
• Daily, 12 noon - 4 PM

Tours subject to docent availability:

Except
• Federal holidays, no tours


Foreign-Language Tours: French, German, Spanish

(by appointment only, 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-3382 (voice) or 202-633-8043 (TTY), or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu)

• French, German, and Spanish


Group Tours

(by appointment only, 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-3382 (voice) or 202-633-8043 (TTY), or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu)


Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments

(by appointment only, 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-3382 (voice) or 202-633-8043 (TTY), or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu)


Garden Tours: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden

Featured by the Horticulture Services Division
(walk-in; outside, in Ripley Garden, between Hirshhorn Museum and Arts and Industries Building; meet at sign near fountain)

Tours offered April 1 - October 28, 2008:
• Every Tues., 2 PM, weather permitting

Except
• Federal holidays, no tour


Sculpture Garden Tours (Exterior)

(walk-in; meet at Hirshhorn info desk)

Tours of the Sculpture Garden are provided by a museum docent. They are approximately 30-minutes long and are offered as follows:

June 2 - August 31, 2008:
• Daily, 10 AM-12 Noon, weather permitting

Except
• Federal holidays, no tour

Notes:
• Weekday tours include the opportunity to observe a sculpture conservator at work.
• Tours times may vary during warmer months.


Gallery Explainers: The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image: Part II - Realisms

(walk-in; in the exhibition)

Museum docents welcome visitors, discuss the exhibition, and answer questions.

Part II is on view through Sept. 7, 2008

Subject to docent availability:

• Daily, 2-5 PM

Except
• Tuesdays and federal holidays, no explainers


Interpreters: The Panza Collection

(walk-in; 2nd level, in the exhibition)

Interpreters are available to discuss the exhibition, answer questions, and give brief spotlight tours of specific objects upon request.

Exhibition on view Oct. 23, 2008-Jan. 11, 2009

Interpreters available through Jan. 11, 2009:
• Daily, 2-5 PM

Except
• Federal holidays, no interpreters