Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
2 East 91st Street (& Fifth Ave)
New York, NY 10128
(212) 849-8400
Cost: Free
For all ages
Then exhibition galleries close for two-year renovation. The Shop and Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden to remain open this summer. Off-site exhibitions and programs continue.
The exhibition galleries at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will close Monday, July 4, as the museum embarks on an extensive renovation and expansion. Admission to the museum will be free of charge from 10am to 6pm on July 4 to mark the closing of the final exhibition, Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels. Visitors can continue to enjoy the museum’s Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden and The Shop at Cooper-Hewitt, which will remain open this summer without an admission fee.
Beginning July 5, the popular “Target Design Kids: Imagination Playground” program series will be held daily from 10am to 12pm, weather permitting. A breakthrough play space designed by architect David Rockwell, the Imagination Playground encourages child-directed, unstructured free play through the use of giant foam blocks, mats and fabric. Tuesdays will feature storytelling and other special activities. All programs are free of charge.
Housed in the Carnegie Mansion, the museum’s main facility will undergo renovation and expansion, beginning this fall, as part of a $64 million capital campaign that includes enlarged and enhanced facilities for exhibitions, collections display, education programming and the National Design Library, and an increased endowment. When the museum reopens in 2013, gallery space will increase by 60 percent. During the renovation, Cooper-Hewitt’s usual schedule of engaging exhibitions, education programs and events will be staged at various off-site locations.
“This is an incredibly exciting time at Cooper-Hewitt as we prepare for the largest renovation in the museum’s history,” said Director Bill Moggridge. “We’re delighted to present our exhibitions and education programming around New York during the renovation, and look forward to returning in 2013 to a Carnegie Mansion better able to accommodate our growing audiences and increased demands for space.”
http://www.cooperhewitt.org/calendar#/?i=1
Cooper-Hewitt “On The Move”
The exhibition galleries at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will close Monday, July 4, as the museum embarks on an extensive renovation and expansion. Admission to the museum will be free of charge from 10am to 6pm on July 4 to mark the closing of the final exhibition, Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels. Visitors can continue to enjoy the museum’s Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden and The Shop at Cooper-Hewitt, which will remain open this summer without an admission fee.
Beginning July 5, the popular “Target Design Kids: Imagination Playground” program series will be held daily from 10am to 12pm, weather permitting. A breakthrough play space designed by architect David Rockwell, the Imagination Playground encourages child-directed, unstructured free play through the use of giant foam blocks, mats and fabric. Tuesdays will feature storytelling and other special activities. All programs are free of charge.
Housed in the Carnegie Mansion, the museum’s main facility will undergo renovation and expansion, beginning this fall, as part of a $64 million capital campaign that includes enlarged and enhanced facilities for exhibitions, collections display, education programming and the National Design Library, and an increased endowment. When the museum reopens in 2013, gallery space will increase by 60 percent. During the renovation, Cooper-Hewitt’s usual schedule of engaging exhibitions, education programs and events will be staged at various off-site locations.
“This is an incredibly exciting time at Cooper-Hewitt as we prepare for the largest renovation in the museum’s history,” said Director Bill Moggridge. “We’re delighted to present our exhibitions and education programming around New York during the renovation, and look forward to returning in 2013 to a Carnegie Mansion better able to accommodate our growing audiences and increased demands for space.”
http://www.cooperhewitt.org/calendar#/?i=1
