Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian Design) Museum, New York City, NY
New York, US
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2 East 91st Street, New York, NY 10128, USA
New York, US
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$15 (under 18 free, Sat 18-21 PWYW)
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The Cooper Hewitt is the Smithsonian's design museum, the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design. Founded in 1897 by the Hewitt sisters (granddaughters of industrialist Peter Cooper), it moved to Andrew Carnegie's former mansion on Fifth Avenue in 1976. The collection holds over 210,000 objects spanning 30 centuries of design, from textiles and wallpapers to digital interaction.
The museum's drawing collection includes landscape studies by Frederic Edwin Church, the Hudson River School painter known for dramatic South American and North American landscapes. Church's Cotopaxi seen from Ambato and his Maine studies demonstrate the detailed field sketching that made his finished paintings so geologically accurate. The Carnegie Mansion itself is a landmark worth visiting, with its original wood paneling and garden.
Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian Design) Museum, New York City, NY in New York, US houses 3 masterpieces in our database, including works by Frederic Edwin Church. Notable works include Turner Pond with Pomola Peak and Baxter Peak, Maine and Cotopaxi seen from Ambato, Ecuador.
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Visiting Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian Design) Museum, New York City, NY
It's the Smithsonian's design museum, the only US museum dedicated entirely to design. The collection covers textiles, furniture, graphics, and decorative arts. Frederic Edwin Church's landscape drawings are among its fine art holdings.
Frederic Edwin Church's Cotopaxi seen from Ambato and other Hudson River School sketches are highlights. The drawing collection includes over 13,000 works on paper from various periods.
At 2 East 91st Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side, in Andrew Carnegie's former mansion. It's on Museum Mile, near the Guggenheim and the Met. Church's landscape studies are usually displayed in the drawing galleries upstairs.
The Carnegie Mansion (1903) was the first private home in New York with a structural steel frame and an Otis elevator. The garden is open seasonally. It's a Georgian Revival building that became a National Historic Landmark. Hudson River School works suit the gilded-age setting.
No, unlike most Smithsonian museums, it charges admission (currently around $18 for adults). It's part of the Smithsonian system but located in New York rather than Washington. Church's landscape drawings rotate on display due to light sensitivity.
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