Huzzah!
“Opening Celebration:
Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
October 31, 2026 | 10:00 am–4:00 pm
Join us as we celebrate the reopening of the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden with a full weekend of art, creativity, and conversation. Be among the first to experience Hiroshi Sugimoto’s revitalized Garden, with 60 artworks on view throughout the reimagined space, as well as the inaugural West Lawn exhibition Yoshitomo Nara: Sentinels of Stillness!
Throughout the day, visitors of all ages can enjoy art-making activities inspired by the Sculpture Garden, including creating mini–sculpture gardens, air-dry clay sculptures, button making, sidewalk chalk art, and adding wishes for the future of the Garden to the Art School Wishing Tree. Visitors can also explore on their own with a Sculpture Garden scavenger hunt, relax in a reading and sketching corner, strike a pose at our photo station, and hear pop-up talks from select artists whose work is featured in the Garden.
Whether you’re revisiting this favorite space or discovering it for the first time, this free community celebration offers something for everyone while honoring the Sculpture Garden’s legacy as a place for creativity and community.
Free. All ages welcome.
SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES
11 AM
Garden Opens to the Public!
Blue Styles Brass Performance
11:30 AM
Artist Pop-Up Talk: Yoshitomo Nara
1:00 PM
Artist Pop-Up Talk: Chatchai Puipia
2:00 PM
Artist Pop-Up Talk: Raven Halfmoon
3:00 PM
Artist Pop-Up Talk: Pedro Reyes
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Art School, Lower Level: 10 AM–4 PM
Open Studio: 10 AM–4 PM
Teen Studio: 2:30 PM–4 PM
Plaza, 10 AM–4 PM
Chalk Art
Anouzumi Wall Building
Reading/Sketching Corner
Art Activity: Button Making
Art Activity: Wish for the Garden on the Art School Wishing Tree
Sculpture Garden, 11 AM–4 PM
Smithsonian Gardens Activity: Mini Sculpture Gardens
Hirshhorn DRAW: Henry Moore, Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points
Art Activity: Make Your Own Air-Dry Clay Sculpture
Self-Guided Activity: Sculpture Garden Scavenger Hunt
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW”