Washington DC is a remarkable city to grow up near—even more so to live in. People come from all over the world just to see what there is to see. The Smithsonian Institution is a big part of why. Of all the museums that make up the Smithsonian, if you asked me which was my favorite, I’d have to say the Hirshhorn. Before I knew the Hirshhorn as a museum, I knew it as a strange building. I would go past it, on the stretch between my dad’s office in L’Enfant Plaza and the MCI Center in Chinat...