Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 17-127
Smithsonian Libraries. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Branch
Subject Files, 1971-2016
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the history, administration, and activities of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Library and its first librarian, Anna Brooke, who retired in 2016. The Library was established in approximately 1969 in New York City before moving to Washington, D.C., and ultimately into the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building which opened to the public in 1974. The library was administered by the museum until approximately 2000 when it became part of the existing Smithsonian Institution Libraries system (renamed Smithsonian Libraries in 2014). Subjects covered in this accession include the establishment of the library, collection management, the integration into the Smithsonian Institution Libraries system, relations with the Hirshhorn family, and outreach activities. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, collection documentation, procedural documents, proposals, lecture notes, presentations, images, project planning files, floor plans, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Hirshhorn family
- Brooke, Anna
- Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Branch
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Library
Subject
- Art museums
- Art, Modern
- Museum libraries
- Museums -- Administration
- Museums -- Collection management
- Librarians
- Museums -- Educational aspects
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-127, Smithsonian Libraries. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Branch, Subject Files