Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States.The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H.Hirshhorn.One of the big five modern art museums in the U.S., it was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the Smithsonian Institution.It was conceived as the United State museum of contemporary and modern art and currently focuses its collection building and exhibition planning mainly on the post World War II period, with particular emphasis on art made during the last 50 years.