*** Welcome to piglix ***

Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cooper-Hewitt-MattFlynnAHHP.jpg
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is located in New York City
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Location of the museum
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is located in New York
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Location of the museum
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is located in the US
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Location of the museum
Established 1896
Location Manhattan, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°47′04″N 73°57′30″W / 40.7844°N 73.9582°W / 40.7844; -73.9582Coordinates: 40°47′04″N 73°57′30″W / 40.7844°N 73.9582°W / 40.7844; -73.9582
Director Caroline Baumann
Public transit access New York City Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M86, M96, M106
New York City Subway: "4" train "5" train "6" train "6" express train trains at 86th Street, "6" train "6" express train trains at 96th Street
Website www.cooperhewitt.org

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum located in the Upper East Side's Museum Mile in Manhattan, New York City. It is one of nineteen museums that fall under the wing of the Smithsonian Institution and is one of three Smithsonian facilities located in New York City, the other two being the George Gustav Heye Center in Bowling Green and the Archives of American Art New York Research Center in the Flatiron District. It is the only museum in the United States devoted to historical and contemporary design. Its collections and exhibitions explore approximately 240 years of design aesthetic and creativity.

The Cooper Hewitt Museum was founded in 1896. It was originally named Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration and it fell under the wing of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. In 1895, the granddaughters of Peter Cooper, Sarah Cooper Hewitt, Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Amy Hewitt Green, asked the Cooper Union for a space to create a Museum for the Arts of Decoration. The museum would take its inspiration from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. The museum would serve as a place for Cooper Union students and professional designers to study decorative arts collections. Cooper Union trustees provided the fourth floor of the Foundation Building. It opened in 1897. It was free and open three days a week.


...
Wikipedia

...