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Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Review
More than 2,000 years of international design are on display inside the 64-room mansion, formerly home to industrialist Andrew Carnegie. The 200,000-plus objects here include drawings, textiles, furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, and woodwork. Changing exhibitions are drawn from the permanent collection, highlighting everything from antique cutlery and Japanese sword fittings to robotics and animation. The museum's shows are invariably enlightening and often amusing. In summer some exhibits are displayed in the museum's lush garden.
- Address: 2 E. 91st St., at 5th Ave., Upper East Side, New York, NY, 10028 | Map It
- Phone: 212/849-1549
- Cost: $15
- Hours: Weekdays 10-5, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11-6
- Website: www.cooperhewitt.org/
- Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St.
- Location: Upper East Side
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Member Reviews
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bachslunch, from US
This is a small decorative and design arts museum that has only a fraction of its permanent collection on display at a time. What you see is directly tied to a particular genre or theme, and as such it very much matters what's being shown as to whether the museum's worth a visit or not. Way overpriced, in any event. The best thing here is actually the building itself, an opulent mansion once belonging to Dale Carnegie, which has plenty of lovely detail inside and out.
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moreorless, from NJ
The museum's description bears NO resemblance to what is actually on display. On the day we visited, there was only ONE exhibit of watercolor paintings. The house is lovely, and interesting in it's own right, but only some its previous grandeur is visible.
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