HIRSHHORN MUSEUM, Presentation

Hello, my name’s Marcy, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world: the Hirshhorn Museum and the  Sculpture Garden, the most famous contemporary art gallery in Washington.

As you’ll see, the building itself is a sculpture and, as such, visually stunning. The enormous cylinder of reinforced concrete that you have in front of you is 25 meters high and over 70 meters wide. It is entirely covered in pink granite aggregate and is raised four meters from the ground on just four massive pillars.

The Smithsonian Institution also runs this museum and actually asked the architect, Gordon Bunshaft, to create a clearly contemporary design that stood in stark contrast to the architectural style of the National Mall. If you don’t have time to visit the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum, I recommend at least going inside for a look at the interior, which is even more spectacular.

Pause the file now and press play as soon as you get inside....