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Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

Address: 2 E. 91st St., at 5th Ave., Upper East Side, New York, NY, 10028 | Map It
Phone: 212/849-8400
www.cooperhewitt.org

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: New York City

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 1.8/5

Fodor's Review:

More than 2,000 years of international design is on display inside the 64-room mansion, formerly home to industrialist Andrew Carnegie. The 250,000-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.

Cost: $15
Open: Mon.-Fri. 10-5, Sat. 10-6, Sun. noon-6
Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St.

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Member Reviews and Ratings

Reviewed by bachslunch from US on 12/21/08
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.

Member Rating: 2.6
Ratings details: Experience: 3.0 Ease: 3.0 Value: 2.0 Don't Miss: 2.0

Reviewed by moreorless from NJ on 9/28/08
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.