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Burghers of Calais, Rodin

Joseph Hirshhorn’s Sculpture Garden

Posted on May 18, 2020May 18, 2020

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden was established by an Act of Congress in 1966, and opened, on the National Mall, in 1974. The name AND SCULPTURE GARDEN was written into the name of the museum – that’s how important sculptures were to Hirshhorn. Joseph Hirshhorn was born in 1899 in Latvia and immigrated to…

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