May 25, 2012
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum—Smithsonian Institution
Special Notice
The museum's exhibition galleries are currently closed for a two-year renovation that began on July 4, 2011. During this time, exhibitions, events and education programs are staged at various off-site locations, while the museum’s terrace, garden and shop remain open without an admission fee.
Children under 12 free
Sat: 10 am – 6 pm
Sun: 11 am – 6 pm
Design is the way something looks and how it works. It's art. It's technology. It's an object or a group of objects. It can be a plan, a sketch, a drawing, something decorative, something functional. a pattern, a model, an invention. It's also a process: to think, plan, conceive, form, create, make, build and envision. Design is work and play. It's part of everyone's life.
Only one museum in New York focuses exclusively on historic and contemporary design: the Cooper-Hewitt, part of the Smithsonian Institution. Located on Museum Mile, it occupies the beautifully restored former mansion of the industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
$40
Seniors (62 and older) pay $50 for membership.
- Directions: Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th Street. Garden entrance on East 90th Street open May-September (weather permitting).
- Disability Access: Fully accessible. Wheelchairs available on first come, first served basis.
- Disability Assistance:
Hearing: Upon request, simultaneous sign language translation of programs, including lectures and tours. For some programs, simultaneous closed captioning.
Vision: Upon request, verbal imagining tours for the blind and partially sighted. Large-print versions of labels available for all exhibitions. - Gift Shops: Books, collectibles and other items related to exhibitions.
- On-Site Parking: On streets or in commercial lots nearby
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