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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

About Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum at the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan, New York City, along the Upper East Side's Museum Mile. It is one of nineteen Smithsonian Institution museums and one of three Smithsonian facilities located in New York City, along with the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center in Bowling Green and the Archives of American Art New York Research Center in the Flatiron District. Unlike other Smithsonian museums, Cooper Hewitt charges an admissions fee. Its collections and exhibitions explore design aesthetic and creativity from throughout the United States' history.

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Founded
1896
Opened
1964
Annual visitors
265K
in 2015

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  2. Inside Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum02Inside Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumSandro Goppion · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Noh theater costume on display at the Cooper Hewitt, 1800s03Noh theater costume on display at the Cooper Hewitt, 1800sSuperraptor123 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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