15.5 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (5 document boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Digital versatile discs
Audiotapes
Motion pictures (visual works)
Videotapes
Electronic records
Date:
1964-2008
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of video and audio recordings and film created or maintained by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). The majority of the recordings
document lectures, speeches, talks, prominent visitors, exhibitions and other events at the museum, including the HMSG groundbreaking and dedication. Other recordings are
interviews of artists performed by staff; interviews of staff for radio and television programs; programs produced about artists who are prominent in the HMSG collections;
or interviews of staff from other museums regarding exhibitions related to artwork and artists in the HMSG collections. Recordings are on a variety of videotape and audiotape
formats as well as film. Some materials are in digital format.
