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The Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design and Decorative Arts reopens to the public in New York City with the inaugural exhibition "MAN transFORMS, Aspects of Design." The museum houses one of the world's leading collections of decorative art items, including textiles, glass, ceramics, furniture, and wallpaper. The director, Lisa Taylor, is the first woman to direct a Smithsonian museum.  More - https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_1111.
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Thursday, October 7, 1976
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Lisa Taylor, the director of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design stands in front of a display of flags from the 'MAN transFORMS' exhibition. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 287, Box 18, Folder 13.