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Summary

Article is mostly concerned with describing the collection of the Cooper- Hewitt Museum, though a background on the museum is also given. Discusses the exhibitions and the renovation of the Carnegie Mansion. Includes many photographs and drawings of the mansion and of objects in the collection.

Subject

  • Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  • National Museum of Design

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Industrial Design (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

September/October 1976

Topic

  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Exhibitions
  • National Collections
  • Buildings
  • Art objects

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