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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

January 24, 2023

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum housed within the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan, New York City, along the Upper East Side's Museum Mile. It is one of 19 museums that operate within the Smithsonian Institution and is one of three Smithsonian facilities located in New York City, the other two being 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 is not free to the public and charges an admissions fee to visitors.[1] It is the only museum in the United States devoted to historical and contemporary design. Its collections and exhibitions explore approximately 240 years of design aesthetic and creativity.[2]

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Garden and entrance to Cooper Hewitt
Interactive fullscreen map
Established1897
LocationManhattan, New York, United States
Coordinates40°47′5″N 73°57′29″W / 40.78472°N 73.95806°W / 40.78472; -73.95806Coordinates: 40°47′5″N 73°57′29″W / 40.78472°N 73.95806°W / 40.78472; -73.95806
Public transit accessNew York City Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M86, M96, M106
New York City Subway: ​​ trains at 86th Street, ​ trains at 96th Street
Websitewww.cooperhewitt.org

History

In 1895, the granddaughters of Peter Cooper, Sarah Cooper Hewitt, Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Amy Hewitt Green, asked the Cooper Union for a space to create a Museum for the Arts of Decoration. The museum would take its inspiration from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and would serve as a place for Cooper Union students and professional designers to study decorative arts collections. Cooper Union's trustees provided the fourth floor of the Foundation Building. It opened in 1897 as the "Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration."[2] The museum was free and open to the public three days a week.[2][3]

The three sisters served as directors of the Museum until Sarah Cooper Hewitt died in 1930. After her death, four directors were appointed to run the museum. Constance P. Hare served as chair. In 1938, Edwin S. Burdell became the director of the Cooper Union. The museum became his responsibility. The board of directors was abolished and an advisory council was established.[2]

Eventually the museum and art school started to distance themselves from one another in regards to programming. Other departments of the Cooper Union were making financial demands, and the Cooper Union announced that they would close the museum.[2] This led to the museum being closed on July 3, 1963.[4] Public outcry was strong against the closing. A Committee to Save the Cooper Union Museum was formed by Henry Francis Du Pont. The American Association of Museums (now the American Alliance of Museums) developed a case study about the future of the museum. Negotiations then began between the Cooper Union and the Smithsonian Institution. On October 9, 1967, Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and Daniel Maggin, the chair of the board of trustees, signed an agreement turning over the collection and library of the museum to the Smithsonian. On May 14, 1968, the New York Supreme Court approved the agreement and the museum fell under ownership of the Smithsonian. July 1, 1968, it was officially transferred to the Smithsonian, and the museum was renamed the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design. The following year, 1969, it was renamed as the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.[2] In October of that year, Lisa Taylor became the director.[5]

The museum, which was the first Smithsonian museum outside of Washington, D.C., moved to its home at the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in 1970.[2] The Mansion was renovated and the museum opened to the public on October 7, 1976, with the exhibition "MAN transFORMs".[6] A conservation laboratory was opened in July 1978. The Samuel H. Kress Foundation funded the lab and it focuses on textile and paper conservation.[7] Lisa Taylor retired in 1987 and in 1988 Dianne H. Pilgrim took her place as Director.[8] That same year, the museum's name was changed again to Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum.[2] Pilgrim retired from the museum in 2000.[9][10] In 2000, Paul W. Thompson became Director.[10] From 2010 to 2012, Bill Moggridge, a co-founder of IDEO and designer of the first laptop computer, served as Cooper-Hewitt's director.[11] On June 17, 2014, the museum's name was changed again to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. A new graphic identity, wordmark, and new website were launched on this day. The identity was designed by Eddie Opara of Pentagram.[12] The website was developed by Matcha Labs.[12]

The museum began preparing for renovations in 2008. The mansion was closed to the public in July 2011, to begin the renovation period during which it held exhibitions at the headquarters of the United Nations[13] and on Governor's Island.[14] The museum opened a new online retail shop in 2012.[15] In 2012, the Cooper-Hewitt created an additional space in Harlem as an education facility. Designer Todd Oldham donated design services for the space.[16] Thirteen design firms were hired to work on the project, with total costs for the renovations totaling $91 million.[17]

In June 2014, the museum changed its name from Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.[18] On December 12, 2014, the Cooper Hewitt reopened to the public. Renovations included an "Immersion Room", an interactive space that provides visitors digital access to the museums collection of wallpaper. The main exhibition space was expanded and the museum had a custom open-source font, which remains available for free download and modification, designed for its reopening. In 2015, the terrace and garden renovations were completed and opened to the public, with design led by Walter Hood.[19]

In 2016 the museum introduced the use of digital pens for visitors.[20]

Museum building

Main article: Andrew Carnegie Mansion
 
The museum in 1976
 
Entrance to the museum

The Cooper Hewitt is located in the Andrew Carnegie Mansion. The Georgian style mansion was built over the course of the years 1899 to 1902 and has 64 rooms. The home served as not only the home for Andrew Carnegie, his wife, and daughter, but also as his office for his philanthropic work after his retirement. The mansion was designed by Babb, Cook & Willard. It was the first private residence in the United States to have a structural steel frame. It was the first home in New York to have an Otis elevator. The elevator is now in the collection of the National Museum of American History. The home also had central heating and an early form of air-conditioning.[2] The property has a large private garden.[21] In 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2] The conservatory, which is made of Tiffany glass, was renovated in 1975.[22] In 1995, the museum closed for a year for a $20 million renovation to connect the three buildings on the property, improve accessibility, and build a design study center. Funds for the 1995 renovation project included $13 million from the Smithsonian Institution and a $2 million donation by Agnes Bourne, an interior designer.[23]

In 2008, the museum started to undergo renovations.[2] The renovation cost $91 million[17] and was the largest in the museum's history, partially financed by the museum endowment.[24] The museum reopened on December 12, 2014. Additional renovations were completed in 2015, including the property gardens.[17] To celebrate the reopening of the museum, the Cooper Hewitt released a downloadable 3D scan of the building, allowing users to explore the mansion from their computer, reuse and remix it, and print a 3D printer version of the building. It was released under a Creative Commons Zero license.[25]

Collections

 
A chair used by Abraham Lincoln when he visited the Cooper Union in 1860. This is before it was reupholstered in 1949.

The Cooper Hewitt collections consist of decorative and design objects. The museum's original collection focused on architecture, sculpture, painted architecture, decorative arts, woodwork, metalwork, pottery, costume, musical instruments and furniture.[3] Upon its opening, Abram S. Hewitt's wife, Sarah Amelia Hewitt donated a lace collection, George Hearn donated two fountains worth $1,000, and Lloyd Bryce's wife donated art and objects from the Palace of Fontainebleau.[3]

The museum had a metalwork gallery, which showcased historic iron grillwork and a room devoted to ironwork, both which no longer are focus rooms.[26][27] The museum has a wide variety of objects in its collection, ranging from matchbooks, to shopping bags, porcelain from the Soviet Union, and the papers of graphic designer Tibor Kalman.[10] The museum holds the world's largest collection of works on paper by Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church.[28]

The museum has held notable objects in its collection such as a chair used by Abraham Lincoln during a visit to the Cooper-Union and a Rolls-Royce once owned by the Beatles.[29][30] The car was donated by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1978. In the summer of 1985, the car was auctioned off at Sotheby's for $2.09 million.[30] Museum namesake Peter Cooper created the first steel chair in the United States. One of the chairs resides in the museum collection.[31]

Exhibitions

Exhibitions at the Cooper Hewitt explore the history and culture of design and decorative arts. A 1968 exhibition called "Please Be Seated", focused on contemporary chairs.[32]

In 1977, approximately a year after the museum reopened, "Palaces for the People", was held. The exhibit explored a century of resort and motel architecture in the United States.[33] In 1979, the museum hosted hundreds of objects on loan from various other Smithsonian museums for an exhibit called "Smithsonian",[34] The museum, in 1980, showcased the history and culture of the ocean liner in the exhibition "The Oceanliner: Speed, Style, Symbol".[35] Later that year the "Hair" exhibit featured over 350 objects about the history of hair styles and "Electroworks" covered the history of copy machine art.[36][37] In conjunction with the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Cooper-Hewitt showcased Scandinavian design.[38] In 1983, the Cooper-Hewitt was the first museum in the United States to exhibit the Amsterdam School.[39]

 
The 1967 exhibition Treasures from the Cooper Union

The museum also tours exhibits through the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The first exhibit they toured was 1978's "Close Observation: Selected Oil Sketches by Frederic E. Church".[40] In 1993, the Cooper-Hewitt created the exhibition "The Power of Maps", which was its first exhibition to be shown on the National Mall at the S. Dillon Ripley Gallery. The exhibit featured upwards of 200 maps from around the world.[41] William III and Mary II of England were the focus of a 1988 exhibition.[42] An exhibition featuring 16th- and 17th-century decorative arts from Burghley House.[43]

The jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels was the focus of an exhibition in 2011.[44] That year, artist Sonia Delaunay had a solo show at the museum.[45] The Cooper-Hewitt worked with the Walker Art Center, in 2012, to develop "Graphic Design – Now In Production", which showcases graphic design that has been created since 2000.[14] An additional exhibition was held in 2012, in light of the museum's closing due to renovations, at the United Nations Headquarters called "Design With the Other 90% Cities", about design and global issues.[46]

Other exhibitions at the museum have included Puiforcat silver, wallpaper, the works of Alexander Girard, and universal design.[10][23][47] In 2015, the museum hosted The Algorithm Auction, the world's first auction of computer algorithms.[48]

In Cooper Hewitt's Face Values installation for the LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE 2018, a live facial data became the basis of dynamic graphic images and provocative conversations between humans and machines. The exhibition explored alternative uses of technologies that were typically used for security, surveillance, and behavioural profiling. Curatoed by Ellen Lupton, the installation was awarded with the LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE EMOTIONAL STATED MEDAL WINNER 2018.[49]

Outreach

The museum's National Design Education Center is sponsored by Target. Ongoing programs for preschoolers on up are offered, along with summer camps, professional development, educator resources, and even a master's program.[50] In 2012, the Cooper Hewitt started work on a design center in Harlem to "encourage students and their teachers to think like designers, approach the world in a visual way and better understand the role design plays in their everyday lives." The center, which was designed by Todd Oldham and sponsored by Target, provided free workshops and programming.[16]

Initiatives

The Cooper Hewitt is home to the National Design Awards. They also support a master's degree program offered in conjunction with Parsons School of Design.[2] In 2006, the Cooper Hewitt and Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared October 15–21 National Design Week in New York City. The week focuses on outreach throughout the city, including schools, and organizations across the United States. The museum is free for the week.[50] The museum sponsored a bike rack competition in 2008. The winners of the contest were a part of an exhibition at the museum.[51]

Management

In July 2009, director Paul W. Thompson left the museum to become the rector of the Royal College of Art.[24] In January 2010, Bill Moggridge replaced Thompson as Director.[52] Moggridge was the first designer to head the museum,[24] he remained director until his death in 2012.[53]

In 2013, Caroline Baumann was appointed as Director of the museum. She remained the Director until February 2020, when she was forced to resign after an investigation[54] led by the Smithsonian concerning her wedding to her partner, John Stewart Malcolmson, on September 17, 2018.[55] Maria Nicanor was announced as director in February 2022.[56]

The museum began a capital campaign in 2006, hoping to raise $79 million for the renovation and $10 million for its endowment.[57]

The Cooper Hewitt is the only Smithsonian museum to charge an admission fee to visitors. The museum receives approximately $500,000 in revenue from admissions.[58]

Publications

Chronicle of the 2012 Social Impact Design Summit where practitioners and educators surveyed their emerging field of socially responsible design. Organized by Cooper Hewitt, The Lemelson Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with support from the Surdna Foundation, the day-long event was held at The Rockefeller Foundation offices in New York.

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Further reading

  • Dolkart, Andrew. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum: The Andrew and Louise Carnegie Mansion : Art Spaces. New York: Scala Publishers (2002). ISBN 1857592689
  • Ewing, Heather. (2014). Life of a Mansion: The Story of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. ISBN 978-0-910503-71-6

External links

  • Official website  
  • Collection
  • Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum within Google Arts & Culture
  •   Media related to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum at Wikimedia Commons

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Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum housed within the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan New York City along the Upper East Side s Museum Mile It is one of 19 museums that operate within the Smithsonian Institution and is one of three Smithsonian facilities located in New York City the other two being 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 is not free to the public and charges an admissions fee to visitors 1 It is the only museum in the United States devoted to historical and contemporary design Its collections and exhibitions explore approximately 240 years of design aesthetic and creativity 2 Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design MuseumGarden and entrance to Cooper HewittInteractive fullscreen mapEstablished1897LocationManhattan New York United StatesCoordinates40 47 5 N 73 57 29 W 40 78472 N 73 95806 W 40 78472 73 95806 Coordinates 40 47 5 N 73 57 29 W 40 78472 N 73 95806 W 40 78472 73 95806Public transit accessNew York City Bus M1 M2 M3 M4 M86 M96 M106New York City Subway trains at 86th Street trains at 96th StreetWebsitewww cooperhewitt org Contents 1 History 2 Museum building 3 Collections 4 Exhibitions 5 Outreach 6 Initiatives 7 Management 8 Publications 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory EditIn 1895 the granddaughters of Peter Cooper Sarah Cooper Hewitt Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Amy Hewitt Green asked the Cooper Union for a space to create a Museum for the Arts of Decoration The museum would take its inspiration from the Musee des Arts Decoratifs Paris and would serve as a place for Cooper Union students and professional designers to study decorative arts collections Cooper Union s trustees provided the fourth floor of the Foundation Building It opened in 1897 as the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration 2 The museum was free and open to the public three days a week 2 3 The three sisters served as directors of the Museum until Sarah Cooper Hewitt died in 1930 After her death four directors were appointed to run the museum Constance P Hare served as chair In 1938 Edwin S Burdell became the director of the Cooper Union The museum became his responsibility The board of directors was abolished and an advisory council was established 2 Eventually the museum and art school started to distance themselves from one another in regards to programming Other departments of the Cooper Union were making financial demands and the Cooper Union announced that they would close the museum 2 This led to the museum being closed on July 3 1963 4 Public outcry was strong against the closing A Committee to Save the Cooper Union Museum was formed by Henry Francis Du Pont The American Association of Museums now the American Alliance of Museums developed a case study about the future of the museum Negotiations then began between the Cooper Union and the Smithsonian Institution On October 9 1967 Smithsonian Secretary S Dillon Ripley and Daniel Maggin the chair of the board of trustees signed an agreement turning over the collection and library of the museum to the Smithsonian On May 14 1968 the New York Supreme Court approved the agreement and the museum fell under ownership of the Smithsonian July 1 1968 it was officially transferred to the Smithsonian and the museum was renamed the Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design The following year 1969 it was renamed as the Cooper Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design 2 In October of that year Lisa Taylor became the director 5 The museum which was the first Smithsonian museum outside of Washington D C moved to its home at the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in 1970 2 The Mansion was renovated and the museum opened to the public on October 7 1976 with the exhibition MAN transFORMs 6 A conservation laboratory was opened in July 1978 The Samuel H Kress Foundation funded the lab and it focuses on textile and paper conservation 7 Lisa Taylor retired in 1987 and in 1988 Dianne H Pilgrim took her place as Director 8 That same year the museum s name was changed again to Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum 2 Pilgrim retired from the museum in 2000 9 10 In 2000 Paul W Thompson became Director 10 From 2010 to 2012 Bill Moggridge a co founder of IDEO and designer of the first laptop computer served as Cooper Hewitt s director 11 On June 17 2014 the museum s name was changed again to Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum A new graphic identity wordmark and new website were launched on this day The identity was designed by Eddie Opara of Pentagram 12 The website was developed by Matcha Labs 12 The museum began preparing for renovations in 2008 The mansion was closed to the public in July 2011 to begin the renovation period during which it held exhibitions at the headquarters of the United Nations 13 and on Governor s Island 14 The museum opened a new online retail shop in 2012 15 In 2012 the Cooper Hewitt created an additional space in Harlem as an education facility Designer Todd Oldham donated design services for the space 16 Thirteen design firms were hired to work on the project with total costs for the renovations totaling 91 million 17 In June 2014 the museum changed its name from Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum to Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum 18 On December 12 2014 the Cooper Hewitt reopened to the public Renovations included an Immersion Room an interactive space that provides visitors digital access to the museums collection of wallpaper The main exhibition space was expanded and the museum had a custom open source font which remains available for free download and modification designed for its reopening In 2015 the terrace and garden renovations were completed and opened to the public with design led by Walter Hood 19 In 2016 the museum introduced the use of digital pens for visitors 20 Museum building EditMain article Andrew Carnegie Mansion The museum in 1976 Entrance to the museum The Cooper Hewitt is located in the Andrew Carnegie Mansion The Georgian style mansion was built over the course of the years 1899 to 1902 and has 64 rooms The home served as not only the home for Andrew Carnegie his wife and daughter but also as his office for his philanthropic work after his retirement The mansion was designed by Babb Cook amp Willard It was the first private residence in the United States to have a structural steel frame It was the first home in New York to have an Otis elevator The elevator is now in the collection of the National Museum of American History The home also had central heating and an early form of air conditioning 2 The property has a large private garden 21 In 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places 2 The conservatory which is made of Tiffany glass was renovated in 1975 22 In 1995 the museum closed for a year for a 20 million renovation to connect the three buildings on the property improve accessibility and build a design study center Funds for the 1995 renovation project included 13 million from the Smithsonian Institution and a 2 million donation by Agnes Bourne an interior designer 23 In 2008 the museum started to undergo renovations 2 The renovation cost 91 million 17 and was the largest in the museum s history partially financed by the museum endowment 24 The museum reopened on December 12 2014 Additional renovations were completed in 2015 including the property gardens 17 To celebrate the reopening of the museum the Cooper Hewitt released a downloadable 3D scan of the building allowing users to explore the mansion from their computer reuse and remix it and print a 3D printer version of the building It was released under a Creative Commons Zero license 25 Collections Edit A chair used by Abraham Lincoln when he visited the Cooper Union in 1860 This is before it was reupholstered in 1949 The Cooper Hewitt collections consist of decorative and design objects The museum s original collection focused on architecture sculpture painted architecture decorative arts woodwork metalwork pottery costume musical instruments and furniture 3 Upon its opening Abram S Hewitt s wife Sarah Amelia Hewitt donated a lace collection George Hearn donated two fountains worth 1 000 and Lloyd Bryce s wife donated art and objects from the Palace of Fontainebleau 3 The museum had a metalwork gallery which showcased historic iron grillwork and a room devoted to ironwork both which no longer are focus rooms 26 27 The museum has a wide variety of objects in its collection ranging from matchbooks to shopping bags porcelain from the Soviet Union and the papers of graphic designer Tibor Kalman 10 The museum holds the world s largest collection of works on paper by Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church 28 The museum has held notable objects in its collection such as a chair used by Abraham Lincoln during a visit to the Cooper Union and a Rolls Royce once owned by the Beatles 29 30 The car was donated by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1978 In the summer of 1985 the car was auctioned off at Sotheby s for 2 09 million 30 Museum namesake Peter Cooper created the first steel chair in the United States One of the chairs resides in the museum collection 31 Exhibitions EditExhibitions at the Cooper Hewitt explore the history and culture of design and decorative arts A 1968 exhibition called Please Be Seated focused on contemporary chairs 32 In 1977 approximately a year after the museum reopened Palaces for the People was held The exhibit explored a century of resort and motel architecture in the United States 33 In 1979 the museum hosted hundreds of objects on loan from various other Smithsonian museums for an exhibit called Smithsonian 34 The museum in 1980 showcased the history and culture of the ocean liner in the exhibition The Oceanliner Speed Style Symbol 35 Later that year the Hair exhibit featured over 350 objects about the history of hair styles and Electroworks covered the history of copy machine art 36 37 In conjunction with the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities the Cooper Hewitt showcased Scandinavian design 38 In 1983 the Cooper Hewitt was the first museum in the United States to exhibit the Amsterdam School 39 The 1967 exhibition Treasures from the Cooper Union The museum also tours exhibits through the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service The first exhibit they toured was 1978 s Close Observation Selected Oil Sketches by Frederic E Church 40 In 1993 the Cooper Hewitt created the exhibition The Power of Maps which was its first exhibition to be shown on the National Mall at the S Dillon Ripley Gallery The exhibit featured upwards of 200 maps from around the world 41 William III and Mary II of England were the focus of a 1988 exhibition 42 An exhibition featuring 16th and 17th century decorative arts from Burghley House 43 The jewelry of Van Cleef amp Arpels was the focus of an exhibition in 2011 44 That year artist Sonia Delaunay had a solo show at the museum 45 The Cooper Hewitt worked with the Walker Art Center in 2012 to develop Graphic Design Now In Production which showcases graphic design that has been created since 2000 14 An additional exhibition was held in 2012 in light of the museum s closing due to renovations at the United Nations Headquarters called Design With the Other 90 Cities about design and global issues 46 Other exhibitions at the museum have included Puiforcat silver wallpaper the works of Alexander Girard and universal design 10 23 47 In 2015 the museum hosted The Algorithm Auction the world s first auction of computer algorithms 48 In Cooper Hewitt s Face Values installation for the LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE 2018 a live facial data became the basis of dynamic graphic images and provocative conversations between humans and machines The exhibition explored alternative uses of technologies that were typically used for security surveillance and behavioural profiling Curatoed by Ellen Lupton the installation was awarded with the LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE EMOTIONAL STATED MEDAL WINNER 2018 49 Outreach EditThe museum s National Design Education Center is sponsored by Target Ongoing programs for preschoolers on up are offered along with summer camps professional development educator resources and even a master s program 50 In 2012 the Cooper Hewitt started work on a design center in Harlem to encourage students and their teachers to think like designers approach the world in a visual way and better understand the role design plays in their everyday lives The center which was designed by Todd Oldham and sponsored by Target provided free workshops and programming 16 Initiatives EditThe Cooper Hewitt is home to the National Design Awards They also support a master s degree program offered in conjunction with Parsons School of Design 2 In 2006 the Cooper Hewitt and Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared October 15 21 National Design Week in New York City The week focuses on outreach throughout the city including schools and organizations across the United States The museum is free for the week 50 The museum sponsored a bike rack competition in 2008 The winners of the contest were a part of an exhibition at the museum 51 Management EditIn July 2009 director Paul W Thompson left the museum to become the rector of the Royal College of Art 24 In January 2010 Bill Moggridge replaced Thompson as Director 52 Moggridge was the first designer to head the museum 24 he remained director until his death in 2012 53 In 2013 Caroline Baumann was appointed as Director of the museum She remained the Director until February 2020 when she was forced to resign after an investigation 54 led by the Smithsonian concerning her wedding to her partner John Stewart Malcolmson on September 17 2018 55 Maria Nicanor was announced as director in February 2022 56 The museum began a capital campaign in 2006 hoping to raise 79 million for the renovation and 10 million for its endowment 57 The Cooper Hewitt is the only Smithsonian museum to charge an admission fee to visitors The museum receives approximately 500 000 in revenue from admissions 58 Publications EditDesign and Social Impact A Cross Sectoral Agenda for Design Education Research and Practice 2013 New York Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum Chronicle of the 2012 Social Impact Design Summit where practitioners and educators surveyed their emerging field of socially responsible design Organized by Cooper Hewitt The Lemelson Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts with support from the Surdna Foundation the day long event was held at The Rockefeller Foundation offices in New York dd References Edit Plan Your Visit Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum www cooperhewitt org December 6 2014 Retrieved January 12 2023 a b c d e f g h i j k l Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Smithsonian History Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 25 2012 a b c A COOPER UNION MUSEUM Founded by Granddaughters of Peter Cooper and Soon to be Opened to the Public TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL ART Formed on the Model of the Famous Paris Musee Des Arts Decoratifs To be Free to All and No Restrictions The Collection Cost Years of Effort The New York Times May 23 1897 Retrieved June 1 2012 Lynes Russell 1981 More Than Meets the Eye The History and Collections of the Cooper Hewitt Museum Washington D C Smithsonian Institution p 38 ISBN 0874746248 Lisa Taylor Named Director of Cooper Hewitt Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1970 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Cooper Hewitt Museum Reopens C H gives date of opening as Oct 6 1976 Torch 10 1976 gives date as Oct 7 1976 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Conservation Labs Open at Cooper Hewitt Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1978 p 13 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Pilgrim Becomes Director C H Record Unit 371 Box 5 The Torch October 1988 p 1 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Dianne H Pilgrim Director Cooper Hewitt 2002 32296 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 29 2012 a b c d Iovine Julie V May 31 2012 Reimagining A Design Museum The New York Times Retrieved June 1 2012 Bill Moggridge People Collection of Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum collection cooperhewitt org Retrieved December 14 2015 a b Pentagram the world s largest independent design consultancy Pentagram Cary John November 11 2011 Cooper Hewitt s 90 Exhibition Occupies the UN Architectural Record Retrieved June 7 2012 a b Zeaman John May 30 2012 Art review Graphic Design Now in Production The Record Retrieved May 30 2012 Murg Stephanie May 21 2012 Cooper Hewitt Launches Newly Designed Online Shop Media Bistro Archived from the original on May 25 2012 Retrieved May 30 2012 a b Feiden Daniel May 3 2012 Cooper Hewitt Museum to open Harlem satellite while main branch of design museum undergoes renovation Daily News Retrieved May 30 2012 a b c Stamp Elizabeth November 30 2014 Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Reopens Architectural Digest Conde Nast Retrieved December 12 2014 Cooper Hewitt Announces Launch of New Graphic Identity Typeface and Website PDF Cooper Hewitt Retrieved August 27 2015 The Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Retrieved December 14 2015 The Cooper Hewitt s Connected Pen Brings Visitors Back Online Observer February 9 2016 Retrieved April 22 2021 Carnegie Mansion Cooper Hewitt Museum 73 9927 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Conservatory in Carnegie Mansion Under Renovation Torch article October 1976 page 1 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 29 2012 a b Ross Nancy L May 18 1995 Designs on Cooper Hewitt The Washington Post Archived from the original on May 17 2011 Retrieved June 1 2012 a b c Pogrebin Robin January 6 2010 Cooper Hewitt Picks Director First Designer in Job The New York Times Retrieved May 30 2012 Weinberg Michael November 5 2014 Cooper Hewitt Shows How To Share 3D Scan Data Right Public Knowledge Public Knowledge Retrieved December 12 2014 Cooper Union Museum s Metalwork Gallery Record Unit 267 Box 35 Folder Museum Historiography Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Ironworks Gallery at Cooper Union Museum 95 20299 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Davidson Gail May 4 2013 A Frequently Asked Question Cooper Hewitt Retrieved April 27 2020 Lincoln Chair at the Cooper Union Museum SIA2011 2175 and 95 20289 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 a b Beatles Rolls Royce Donated to C H Washington D C Smithsonian Institution 1978 p 4 Steel Chair Designed by Peter Cooper SIA2011 2177 and 3785 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Chairs on Display in Cooper Hewitt s Please Be Seated Exhibit SIA2011 1454 and 67424 4 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 28 2012 Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1977 Washington D C Smithsonian Institution 1977 p 12 Smithsonian Exhibit Opens at Cooper Hewitt Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1980 p 347 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Oceanliner Opens C H Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1980 Washington D C Smithsonian Institution Press 1981 p 352 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Hair Opens C H Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1980 Washington D C Smithsonian Institution Press 1981 p 359 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Electroworks Opens at the Cooper Hewitt 1980 Smithsonian Year 1980 Washington D C Smithsonian Institution Press 1981 p 361 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Scandinavia Today Programs Held Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Amsterdam School Opens C H Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1984 Washington D C Smithsonian Institution Archives 1985 p 404 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 C H Tours Frederic Church Exhibit Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1978 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Power of Maps Opens in IG Annals of the Smithsonian Institution 1994 Washington D C Smithsonian Institution Press 1994 p 15 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Ledes Allison Eckardt December 1988 Celebrating the Age of William and Mary The Magazine Antiques 1240 ProQuest 211113954 Ledes Allison Eckardt October 1988 Current and Coming Treasures of an English Country House Antiques 134 4 ProQuest 211145870 Kazovsky Alla Cooper Hewitt Nurtures Design Based Thinking in Kids Huffington Post Retrieved May 30 2012 Nathan Emily 2011 Sonia Delaunay Reaping What She Sews Artnet Retrieved May 30 2012 Taylor Kate June 28 2011 Cooper Hewitt Design Museum Plans Governors Island Show The New York Times ArtsBeat Retrieved May 30 2012 Harrell Glenn November 1988 Design Silver Polish House amp Garden 160 11 37 ProQuest 224838504 Turner Zeke March 23 2015 Beautiful Code The New Yorker Conde Nast Retrieved April 22 2015 London Design Biennale May 16 2019 a b Ozler Levent National Design Week Dexigner Archived from the original on February 10 2012 Retrieved June 1 2012 Lee Jennifer March 13 2008 Bike Racks Are Due for a Makeover The New York Times Retrieved June 1 2012 Moggridge Appointed Cooper Hewitt Director 2010 Smithsonian Announcement Message from the Secretary January 6 2010 Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved May 27 2012 Bill Moggridge People Collection of Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum www cooperhewitt org The Cooper Hewitt Director Who Was Ousted Over Her Wedding Fires Back Claiming She Fell Victim to a Discriminatory Investigation Artnet News February 24 2020 Retrieved April 12 2021 Reyes Nina September 22 2018 Good Design With a Mix of Chemistry The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved April 12 2021 Porgrebin Robin February 8 2022 Cooper Hewitt Director Aims to Bring Context New York Times Retrieved February 14 2022 Patricia Cohen October 2 2013 Cooper Hewitt Museum Gets 5 Million for Renovation The New York Times Going Free Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and General Admission Fees PDF Smithsonian Institution Office of Policy and Analysis 2007 Smithsonian Institution Retrieved May 27 2014 Further reading EditDolkart Andrew Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum The Andrew and Louise Carnegie Mansion Art Spaces New York Scala Publishers 2002 ISBN 1857592689 Ewing Heather 2014 Life of a Mansion The Story of Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum New York ISBN 978 0 910503 71 6External links EditOfficial website Collection Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum within Google Arts amp Culture Media 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