Guided Tour: Portraits and Modern Beginnings

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW, Washington, DC, United States

30–60 minutes  FREE  Registration is not required   Join us for a guided experience of the Hirshhorn’s unparalleled collections and groundbreaking exhibitions. Each tour offers an opportunity to engage with select works on view and the art and artists of our time through close looking, critical thinking, and conversation. Explore Hirshhorn exhibitions, encounter the most important […]

Event Series Open Studio: Happy Birthday, Hirshhorn!

Open Studio: Happy Birthday, Hirshhorn!

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW, Washington, DC, United States

Drop in for an art-making adventure inspired by our 50th birthday. Join Hirshhorn educators for interactive, hands-on activities inspired by a monumental artwork upon this monumental milestone. We’re highlighting artist Mark Bradford and his masterpiece Pickett's Charge. Open Studio activities will explore Bradford's creative process, his materials, and what inspires him to make art.  Program […]

Event Series Guided Tour: Hirshhorn Highlights

CANCELED: Guided Tour: Hirshhorn Highlights

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW, Washington, DC, United States

30–60 Minutes  FREE  Registration is not required   Join us for a guided experience of the Hirshhorn’s unparalleled collections and groundbreaking exhibitions. Each tour offers an opportunity to engage with select works on view and the art and artists of our time through close looking, critical thinking, and conversation. Explore Hirshhorn exhibitions, encounter the most important […]

Event Series Performance: Agents of Deterioration

Performance: Agents of Deterioration

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW, Washington, DC, United States

FREE All tickets for Agents of Deterioration have been claimed. Walk-ups will be welcome as capacity allows. Please visit our check-in table on Level 2 for more information. Agents of Deterioration is a choral performance by artists Maia Chao and Ethan Philbrick that responds to the Museum's 50th-anniversary permanent collection exhibition Revolutions: Art from the […]

Event Series Performance: Agents of Deterioration

Performance: Agents of Deterioration

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW, Washington, DC, United States

FREE All tickets for Agents of Deterioration have been claimed. Walk-ups will be welcome as capacity allows. Please visit our check-in table on Level 2 for more information. Agents of Deterioration is a choral performance by artists Maia Chao and Ethan Philbrick that responds to the Museum's 50th-anniversary permanent collection exhibition Revolutions: Art from the […]

Event Series 50 Free Doughnuts

50 Free Doughnuts

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW, Washington, DC, United States

The Hirshhorn Museum celebrates a milestone in October 2024: its 50th birthday. Fifty is too big a birthday for one day, or just one cake, so the Museum is partnering with four fine bakeries: Rose Avenue Bakery; Founding Farmers Co. Catering & Events; Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken and Just Fine Donuts to celebrate the […]

Guided Tour: Abstract and Figurative, American Painters 1914–1947

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW, Washington, DC, United States

30–60 Minutes  FREE  Registration is not required   Join us for a guided experience of the Hirshhorn’s unparalleled collections and groundbreaking exhibitions. Each tour offers an opportunity to engage with select works on view and the art and artists of our time through close looking, critical thinking, and conversation. Explore Hirshhorn exhibitions, encounter the most important […]