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Affiliated Organization: National Gallery of Art
Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection Archive
Independence Avenue at 7th Street, SW
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202.633.2779
202.786.2682 fax
Hours
Monday – Friday
10am to 5pm
Appointment Required
(minimum one week advance notice advised)
Metro
Stop: Smithsonian
or L'Enfant Plaza
The Museum's
Department of Painting and Sculpture maintains a curatorial research file
on the entire permanent art collection. Known as the Collection Archive,
these curatorial records for more than twelve thousand objects are arranged
alphabetically by artist and by accession thereunder. Object files include
photographs, official records, research notes, correspondence, and copies
of reference material assembled by the curatorial staff.
Highlights: Curatorial records are supplemented by several special collections
of papers and miscellaneous manuscript collections, including the Joseph
H. Hirshhorn Art Collection Papers, 1948-66; the Samuel Murray Papers,
1869-1941, providing primary material on his teacher, Thomas Eakins; the
Elmer L. MacRae Papers, 1875-1955, which are largely devoted to the records
of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors circa 1912-15; a
small collection of memorabilia pertaining to Louis Eilshemius; and a
collection of more than four hundred photographs of artists and members
of the art world, donated by Olga Hirshhorn, widow of the museum's founder.
Microfilm copies of the MacRae Papers are available for study at the Washington
office of the Archives of American Art.