Cooper Hewitt
The rear garden of Cooper Hewitt, New York, New York.
Cooper Hewitt
museum, New York City, New York, United States
Also known as: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum(Show More)
Cooper Hewitt, museum in New York, New York, noted for its holdings centred on historical and contemporary design. Cooper Hewitt was founded in 1896 by the granddaughters of American industrialist Peter Cooper and opened to the public the following year. In 1968 it became part of the Smithsonian Institution. The museum is located in the Carnegie Mansion on New York Cityâs Fifth Avenue. The 64-room mansion, a national landmark, is itself an example of design...
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