A Journey Through Modern Art: The Hirshhorn Museum and Glenstone

Join art guide Nancy Hirshbein as you spend a summer’s day immersed in the ideas, rivalries, scientific and social developments, and collectors that shaped modern and contemporary art. Begin at the Hirshhorn Museum by viewing “Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960,” a landmark exhibition charting the rapid succession of movements that shaped Modernism and ushered in the rise of Abstraction. In the afternoon, enjoy a self-guided exploration of the Glenstone museum campus, including the “Ties of our common kindred,” exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. (World Art History Certificate elective, ½ credit)