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
Tuesday thru
Thursday 10:00A to 5:00P
Friday 10:00A to 9:00P
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 $12 | Seniors
$7 | Students $7 | 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
October 7 2005 thru September 24 2006
Yinka Shonibare Selects Works from the
Permanent Collection
The British-Nigerian artists uses a variety
of pieces from the Museum's collection, plus site-specific
sculptures, to create an installation focused on travel and
transportation over the past 500 years
May 19 2006 thru September 24 2006
Solos Matali Crasset
The French industrial designer creates an
interactive light and sound installation. The work explores
residential and urban rituals and the domestication of technology
and includes industrial design products, graphics, theater sets,
wallpaper and furniture
May 19 2006 thru October 22 2006
Frederick Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas
Moran
Landscape and Tourism in America
Oil paintings and watercolors explore
19th-century America's turn to nature in its art and travels. This
one is on my calendar to see the trove of Homer's works in the
Museums' collection
May 5 2006 thru October 29 2006
Feeding Desire Design and the Tools of the
Table 1500 to 2005
Objects from the Museum's permanent
collection and the Tiffany Archives illustrate the design for the
tabletop over the past 1,000 years
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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