Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden

Opened in 1974, the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden displays sculptures from Europe and North America dating from the 1880s to the present and receives more than 400,000 visitors each year. The sculptures are fragile: steel and other metal works are made from pieces welded together, bronze sculptures are hollow casts with thin surfaces that dent or scratch easily, and outdoor works are affected by urban air pollution. A delicate coating of clear wax protects them, but even light touch can erode that protection and fingernails or jewelry can cause permanent scratches, so climbing, sitting on, or leaning against any sculpture is not permitted in order to preserve the artworks for future generations.

Washington, District of Columbia · United States