Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
2 E 91st Street | between 5th & Madison
Avenues
Upper East Side | Manhattan
to 86th Street
Contact 212-849-8400 | Cooper-Hewitt
National Design Museum
General Information
Hours
Monday thru Friday 10:00A to 5:00P
Saturday 10:00A to
6:00P
Sunday 12:00N to 6:00P
Closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
Extras
Gift Shop
Admission
Adults $15 | Seniors
$10 | Students $10 | Children under 12 Free
Highlights
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design
Museum was founded in 1897 by Sarah, Eleanor and Amy Hewitt,
granddaughters of Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union, where the
Museum's collection was initially housed. Independent until 1967
when it was incorporated into the Smithsonian, the Museum's
collection was moved to its present location, the Andrew Carnegie
mansion from which Carnegie Hill takes its name, in 1976
Inspired by the now Victoria and
Albert Museum in London and Paris' Musee des Arts Decoratifs, the
three Hewitt sisters began a collection of decorative objects,
prints and drawings. Their vision is incorporated into the modern
Museum's four curatorial departments: Industrial Design and Applied
Arts; Textiles; Wallcoverings; Drawings and Prints. The collection
is a bit eclectic, ranging from engravings and woodcuts to theater
costumes, from American drawings to jewelry, and from Egyptian
fabrics to Christmas ornaments
The Museum's reference library is
open to the public by appointment. It includes over 50,000 volumes
specializing in design and decorative arts. The Museum's archives
contain the working papers, drawings and correspondence of many
important 20th-century designers
Exhibitions listed by
order of closing date
May 14 2010 thru January 11 2011
National Design Triennial Why Design Now?
April 23 2010 thru Fall 2010
Ted Muehling Selects Lobmeyr Glass from the Permanent Collection
February 18 2010 thru April 25 2010
Quicktake Tata Nano
Indian auto maker's attempt to design and
market an inexpensive car
January 29 2010 thru March 14 2010
Quicktake Rodarte
An installation that highlights the fashion
of Kate and Laura Mulleavy, sky-rocketing young designers who
founded Rodarte in 2005. We aren't fashion-forward folks so can't
address this too well and the Museum's blurb about the exhibition
reads more like an advertisement. So, you probalby know more than we
do
October 16 2009 thru April 4 2010
Design USA Contemporary Innovation
Honors winners of the
National Design Awards
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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