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Museum of Arts and Design


40 W 53rd Street | between 5th & 6th Avenues

Midtown West | Manhattan

6th Av Expres 6th Av Express 6th Av Local to 47-50th Streets | 8th Av Local 6th Ave Local to 5th Avenue

General Information

 

Contact  212-956-3535 | Museum of Arts and Design

Hours

Monday thru Wednesday 10:00A to 6:00P
Thursday 10:00A to 8:00P
Friday thru Sunday 10:00A to 6:00P
Closed major holidays

Extras

Gift Shop

Admission  Adults $9 | Seniors $7 | Students $7 | Children under 12 free | Thursday 6:00P to 8:00P Pay as you wish

Highlights

 

In October 2002 the American Craft Museum became the Museum of Arts and Design. Though not abandoning "craftsmanship" the museum's new name "expresses the institution's mission as a contemporary museum dedicated to celebrating materials and the processes of transforming them into expressive objects." The institution continues to emphasize American crafts of the 20th century in clay, metal, fiber, wood and glass. Pieces made to be used--teapots, chairs, quilts, bowls, jugs--share space alongside those simply admired for the craftsmanship. The museum offers a full range of lectures, demonstrations and workshop activities

The Museum is currently planning a move to its new home at 2 Columbus Circle, the somewhat controversial "lollipop" building built in 1964 to house Huntington Hartford's Gallery of Modern Art. Minimally used since, the building has been the object of a tug of war between preservationists and developers. We'll see how it all plays out

Exhibitions listed by order of closing date

 

May 18 2006 thru September 3 2006

The Eames Lounge Chair The Evolution of a Modernist Icon

The history, design, manufacturing and impact of this "simple" chair by Charles and Ray Eames is examined

May 18 2006 thru September 10 2006

Nature Transformed Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection

75 works of turned and carved wood by contemporary artists such as Binh Pho, David Ellsworth, Dewey Garrett and Frank Sudol

May 18 2006 thru September 10 2006

Contemporary Jewelry Schmuck 2006

A juried exhibition that includes works by 60 contemporary artists. It's the first Schmuck outside Munich

September 21 2006 thru January 14 2007

Simply Droog 10 + 2 Years of Creating Innovation and Discussion

An exhibition of objects and products that have been created by the Droog Design Collective since its inception in 1993

Things change quickly in NYC. Be sure to contact the museum or society for changes to schedules, admission fees, restrictions on children, strollers, backpacks, etc.

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