Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum

The Cooper -Hewitt National Design Museum is located in the Upper East Side on 5th Avenue at 91st Street in New York City borough of Manhattan and is part of Museum Mile. It has after the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the largest design and decorative arts collection in the world. This museum is now part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Building

The building was built in 1899-1903 for the industrialist Andrew Carnegie. It has 64 rooms furnished and decorated in the English country -house style. After the death of Andrew Carnegie in 1919, the building became the property of the Carnegie Corporation.

History

After the death of Andrew Carnegie 's legacy has been issued in this building. This foundation has been merged with the collection of sisters Amy, Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt. The collection of the Hewitt Sisters was founded in 1897 and issued until 1919 in the building of the Cooper Union. The Hewitt Sisters are grandchildren of industrialist and art conveyor Peter Cooper. After the merger of the two collections, the exhibition the largest collection of design and arts and crafts developed world. In 1967, this collection passed into the possession of the Smithsonian Institute. In 1963 the Smithsonian Institution modernized the building. In 1972, the buildings of the Smithsonian Institution was left as a gift. 1976, it was rebuilt by the office Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer. Director of the Museum, was from March 2010 to September 2012, Bill Moggridge.