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Summary

This accession consists of records documenting exhibitions produced by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, some of which traveled to other venues. The majority of the materials consist of loan and shipping records. Materials also include object lists, agreements, condition reports, correspondence, object images, case plans, floor plans, budgets, financial documents, brochures, clippings, notes, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format. Prior to 2014, the museum was named the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

Subject

  • Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Office of the Registrar
  • Moustiers Ceramics: Gifts from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Collection (Exhibition) (2017-2019: New York, N.Y.)
  • Jethro in the Garden (Exhibition) (2017: New York, N.Y.)
  • Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio (Exhibition) (2015-2016: New York, N.Y.)
  • Tools: Extending Our Reach (Exhibition) (2014-2015: New York, N.Y.)
  • David Adjaye Selects (Exhibition) (2015-2016: New York, N.Y.)
  • Ellen DeGeneres Selects (Exhibition) (2016-2017: New York, N.Y.)
  • Hewitt Sisters Collect (Exhibition) (2014-2017: New York, N.Y.)
  • Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection (Exhibition) (2017: New York: N.Y.)
  • Maira Kalman Selects (Exhibition) (2014-2015: New York, N.Y.)
  • The Senses: Design Beyond Vision (Exhibition) (2018: New York, N.Y.)
  • Bob Greenberg Selects (Exhibition) (2018: New York, N.Y.)
  • Esperanza Spalding Selects (Exhibition) (2017-2018: New York, N.Y.)
  • Making/Breaking: New Arrivals (Exhibition) (2017: New York, N.Y.)
  • Hear, See, Play: Designing with Sound (Exhibition) (2017-2018: New York, N.Y.)
  • Virtue in Vice (Exhibition) (2017-2018: New York, N.Y.)
  • Stamps of Approval (Exhibition) (2011: New York, N.Y.)
  • Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and Books (Exhibition) (2008-2009: New York, N.Y.)
  • Energizing the Everyday: Gifts from the George R. Kravis II Collection (Exhibition) (2016-2017: New York, N.Y.)
  • How Posters Work (Exhibition) (2015: New York, N.Y.)
  • Making Design (Exhibition) (2014-2016: New York, N.Y.)
  • Passion for the Exotic: Louis Comfort Tiffany and Lockwood de Forest (Exhibition) (2016-2017: New York, N.Y.)
  • The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s (Exhibition) (2017: New York, N.Y.)
  • Face Values: London Design Bienniale (Exhibition) (2018: London, U.K.)
  • Meier 75 (Exhibition) (2009: New York, N.Y.)
  • Beauty - Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial (Exhibition) (2016: New York, N.Y.)
  • Beautiful Users (Exhibition) (2014-2015: New York, N.Y.)
  • Passion for the Exotic: Lockwood de Forest, Frederic Church (Exhibition) (2014-2015: New York, N.Y.)
  • Thom Browne Selects (Exhibition) (2016: New York, N.Y.)
  • Pixar: The Design of Story (Exhibition) (2015-2016: New York, N.Y.)
  • National Design Triennial: Why Design Now? (Exhibition) (2010-2011: New York, N.Y.)
  • Stamps of Approval (Exhibition) (2011: Washington, D.C.)
  • Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture (Exhibition) (1996-1997: New York, N.Y.)
  • Design USA: Contemporary Innovation (Exhibition) (2009-2010: New York, N.Y.)
  • Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing for China (Exhibition) (2009: New York, N.Y.)
  • Multiple Choice: From Sample to Product (Exhibition) (2007-2008: New York, N.Y.)
  • Quicktake: Doshi Levien for Moroso (Exhibition) (2007: New York, N.Y.)
  • Solos: New Design from Israel (Exhibition) (2006: New York, N.Y.)
  • Design Life Now: National Design Triennial (Exhibition) (2006-2007: New York, N.Y.)
  • Excavating Design: Eighteenth Century Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Exhibition) (2005-2006: New York, N.Y.)
  • Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection (Exhibition) (2009: New York, N.Y.)
  • Angles of Repose: A Garden Exhibition of Central Park Benches (Exhibition) (1994: New York, N.Y.)
  • Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008 (Exhibition) (2008: New York, N.Y.)
  • Ted Muehling Selects: Lobmeyr Glass from the Permanent Collection (Exhibition) (2010-2011: New York, N.Y.)
  • House Proud: Nineteenth-century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection (Exhibition) (2008-2009: New York, N.Y.)
  • Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef and Arpels (Exhibition) (2011: New York, N.Y.)
  • Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser (Exhibition) (2004: New York, N.Y.)
  • Solos: FutureShack (Exhibition) (2004: New York, N.Y.)
  • Design = Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread (Exhibition) (2004-2005: New York, N.Y.)
  • Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living (Exhibition) (2004-2005: New York, N.Y.)
  • Faster, Cheaper, Newer, More: Revolutions of 1848 (Exhibition) (2004-2005: New York, N.Y.)
  • Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005 (Exhibition) (2006: New York, N.Y.)
  • Graphic Design: Now in Production (Exhibition) (2012: New York, N.Y.)
  • Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay (Exhibition) (2011: New York, N.Y.)
  • Design for a Living World (Exhibition) (2009-2010: New York, N.Y.)
  • Quicktake: Rodarte (Exhibition) (2010: New York, N.Y.)
  • Quicktake: Tata Nano (Exhibition) (2010: New York, N.Y.)
  • Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection (Exhibition) (2008: New York, N.Y.)
  • Fashioning Felt (Exhibition) (2009: New York, N.Y.)
  • Piranesi as Designer (Exhibition) (2007-2008: New York, N.Y.)
  • IDEO Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection (Exhibition) (2007-2008: New York, N.Y.)
  • Design for the Other 90% (Exhibition) (2007: New York, N.Y.)
  • Made to Scale: Staircase Masterpieces The Eugene and Clare Thaw Gift (Exhibition) (2006-2007: New York, N.Y.)
  • Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape (Exhibition) (2006: New York, N.Y.)
  • Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance (Exhibition) (2005: New York, N.Y.)

Notes

  • Electronic List in accession file.
  • Electronic List in accession file.
  • Folder List in accession file.
  • For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1970
  • 1970-2018
  • circa 1970, 1994-1998, 2004-2018

Restrictions & Rights

Restricted for 15 years. Personal lender files in boxes 13-16 are permanently restricted, until Jan-01-2034; Transferring office; 5/30/2013 memorandum, Wright to Hawkins; Contact reference staff for details

Topic

  • Decoration and ornament
  • Traveling exhibitions
  • Art and design
  • Art museums
  • Museums
  • Museum exhibits
  • Decorative arts

Form/Genre

  • Manuscripts
  • Collection descriptions
  • Brochures
  • Clippings
  • Electronic records
  • Floppy disks
  • Compact discs
  • Floor plans
  • Color transparencies
  • Color photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 23-189

Physical description

16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)

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