The View From the Castle: Rich in its collections in the art of design, Cooper-Hewitt Museum will prove a vital part of our Institution in New York

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Summary

Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley announces the future opening of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in early 1973. Ripley describes the acquisition of the old Carnegie Mansion in New York City from the Carnegie Corporation to house the new museum.

Subject

  • Board of Regents
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  • National Museum of Design

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Smithsonian Vol. 2, no. 10 (Journal)

Contact information

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

Date

January 1972

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Art
  • Decoration and ornament
  • Art museums
  • Architecture
  • Openings
  • Castle View
  • New Museums
  • History
  • Art--History
  • Decorative arts
  • Buildings

Place

United States

Physical description

p. 6

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