Art Collection
The facility itself earned an award from the American Institute of Architecture for design, and also houses an extensive hospital-based art collection, composed of donations to DRH over a 30-year period. The collection features more than 1,200 pieces, estimated at more than $3 million, one of the largest hospital-based collections in the nation.
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