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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

The Hirshhorn is a museum of contemporary art devoted to the study and exhibiting of modern sculpture, paintings, prints, and drawings.  Funds for a building on the Mall were appropriated by Congress in FY 1969.  Construction began in March 1970, and the Museum opened to the public in October 1974.  The Museum's collection includes more than 7,000 works or art.  Acquisitions have focused on work created in the recent past in order to maintain the contemporary nature of the collection.   The sculpture collection is international in scope with emphasis on works from the 19th and 20th centuries.  Permanent exhibitions are developed primarily around works of art from the collection, and temporary exhibits are developed from works loaned by artists, collectors, galleries, and other museums.

LOCATION: 7th to 9th Sts., & Independence Ave. to Jefferson Drive, S.W. Washington, D.C. 
SIZE: 271,000 gross sq.ft.
ACQUISITION DATE: 1974
ACQUISITION TYPE: Construction 
ACQUISITION COST: $15,000,000 federal, $1,000,000 trust,

[[underlined]]Net Assignable Area[[/underlined]] 
Exhibition: 189,000 sq.ft.
Staff: 11,500 sq.ft. 
Collections:  [[underlined]]25,500 sq.ft.[[/underlined]
[[total]] : 226,000 sq.ft.

[[underlined]]Major Repairs, Renovations, or Improvements[[/underlined]]

Presently, major alterations to the Sculpture Garden are underway to improve access for the handicapped.  Completion of his project is expected in FY 1981 at an estimated cost of approximately $500,000.  In addition, it is anticipated that the entire plaza surface will need replacement due to cracking by FY 1983, at an estimated cost of about $1,500,000.