Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum located near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It was established in the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. The museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution and was originally envisioned as the primary museum for contemporary and modern art in the United States. Today, its primary focus is on art created in the post-World War II era, particularly over the past 70 years.

The museum building itself is quite unique and eye-catching. It takes the form of an open cylinder raised on four substantial supports, with a large fountain in the center courtyard. Designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft (1909–1990), the museum offers 60,000 square feet of exhibition space inside and nearly four acres of outdoor space in its two-level Sculpture Garden and plaza.

The museum boasts a notable collection of artworks by renowned artists, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Franz Kline, Hans Hofmann, and many others. Additionally, the outdoor sculpture garden showcases pieces by artists like Auguste Rodin, David Smith, Alexander Calder, Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy, Jeff Koons, and more.

One noteworthy permanent installation in the Sculpture Garden is Yoko Ono's "Wish Tree for Washington, DC," which has been gathering wishes from people around the world since 2007.

In 2018, the museum acquired its first piece of performance art, "This You" (2006) by Tino Sehgal, featuring a female singer performing outdoors. In 2019, Barbara and Aaron Levine generously donated their extensive Marcel Duchamp collection, one of the largest of its kind in the world, to the museum.