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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 of 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.

[[underlined]] LOCATION [[underlined]]: 7th to 9th Sts., & Independence Ave. to Jefferson Drive, S.W. Washington, D.C.

[[underlined]] SIZE [[underlined]]: 271,000 gross sq. ft.

[[underlined]] ACQUISITION DATE [[/underlined]]: 1974

[[underlined]] ACQUISITION TYPE [[/underlined]]: Construction

[[underlined]] ACQUISITION COST [[/underlined]]: $15,00,000 federal, $1,000,000 Donation

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

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