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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection Archive
Independence Avenue at 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20560
Mailing
Address
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
MRC 350
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202.633.8835 fax
hmsginquiries@si.edu
hirshhorn.si.edu
Hours
Monday – Friday
10am to 5pm
Appointment Required
(minimum two weeks advance notice advised)
Metro Stop: Smithsonian
or L'Enfant Plaza
The Curatorial Department maintains research files on the entire permanent collection, emphasizing provenance, exhibition histories, published references, and comparative works. These records of more than 11,500 objects include photographs, official documents, research notes, correspondence, and copies of reference materials assembled by the staff.
Thomas Eakins Collection
The museum holds one of the world's largest collections of works by the nineteenth-century American Realist Thomas Eakins. In addition to 241 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs, the Hirshhorn holds related collections of photographs, papers, scrapbooks, and studio memorabilia. Also included are the Samuel Murray Papers, which provide primary material on Eakins, who taught Murray at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Other Papers and Miscellaneous Manuscript Collections
The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Art Collection Papers (1948-1966) and the supplementary Olga Hirshhorn Art Papers (1945-1981) relate to Hirshhorn as a patron and collector. The Olga Hirshhorn Photography Collection contains archival photographs of artists, art-world figures, and Joseph H. Hirshhorn. The Elmer MacRae Papers (1875-1955) are largely devoted to the records of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, c. 1912-1915, and the Armory Show of 1913; they are available on microfilm for study through the Archives of American Art. A small collection of memorabilia pertains to artist Louis Eilshemius.