VISITOR GUIDE
WELCOME BACK TO COOPER HEWITT,
SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM
PLAN YOUR VISIT
We invite you to discover the importance of design
and its power to change the world.
Please use the accessible entrance at 2 East 91st
Street. Restrooms on the Ground Floor are open. The
Tarallucci e Vino Café is temporarily closed.
We have implemented enhanced health and safety
measures for our staff and visitors.
MUSEUM HOURS
Please be mindful of all posted guidelines during
your visit today.
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Face coverings are required for visitors two and
older who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
Fully vaccinated individuals do not need to wear
face coverings during their visit.
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Please maintain a safe social distance.
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Timed tickets are required.
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Please wash hands, use sanitizer, and
practice good hygiene.
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If you are feeling sick, please stay home.
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Enhanced cleaning measures are in place.
Thursday–Monday
10 A.M.– 6 P.M.
Tuesday–Wednesday
Closed
FREE ADMISSION
Timed-entry tickets are required for museum access.
Reserve your tickets online at cooperhewitt.org
A limited number of tickets are reserved each day
for walk-ups.
@cooperhewitt #CooperHewitt
1
FLOOR
Elevator
Restroom
Tickets
Temporarily closed
The arrows on the map indicate
our suggested route through the
galleries. Please maintain a safe
social distance from other visitors.
ENTRANCE
SHOP
103
107
104
105
108
106
ARTHUR ROSS TERRACE AND GARDEN
EXIT ONLY
CAFE
WILLI SMITH: STREET COUTURE
Through October 24, 2021
JON GRAY OF GHETTO GASTRO
SELECTS
FACE VALUES: EXPLORING
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Galleries 106–108
Through February 13, 2022
Through February 13, 2022
Celebrating the work of Willi Smith
(1948–1987). Explore how the
American designer, streetwear pioneer,
and co-founder of the iconic brand
WilliWear united fashion and American
culture, marrying affordable, adaptable
basics with avant-garde performance,
film, art, and design.
Gallery 105
Galleries 103–104
Jon Gray, co-founder of the Bronx-based
collective Ghetto Gastro, guest curates
the 19th installment in the exhibition
series that invites designers, artists,
architects, and public figures to
interpret the museum’s collection.
An immersive installation that explores
the pervasive but often hidden role
of facial-detection technology in
contemporary society.
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FLOOR
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212
202
203
201
205
207
206
SUZIE ZUZEK FOR
LILLY PULITZER
NATURE BY DESIGN
Through January 2, 2022
Gallery 201
Galleries 202–203,
205–206, 212
Explore the work of prolific
textile designer Suzie Zuzek
whose imaginative and
playful prints played a key
role in the success of the
Lilly Pulitzer brand.
Learn how designers across
the centuries have observed
nature, investigated its
materials, and imitated and
abstracted its patterns and
shapes.
Through January 2, 2022
THE MODERNIST
FRENCH GARDEN:
DESIGNS BY THE
VERA BROTHERS
Through January 2, 2022
Gallery 213
IMMERSION ROOM
Ongoing
Gallery 207
Design your own wallpaper
and see it projected on the
walls from floor to ceiling.
View striking early 20th
century Art Deco drawings
for a new style of gardens.
CARNEGIE MANSION
Cooper Hewitt is housed in
the former home of industrial
magnate and philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie and his family.
Completed in 1902, the mansion
was designed in the style of an
English Georgian country house.
Learn more about the
building that Cooper Hewitt
calls home. Book available
for purchase.
shop.cooperhewitt.org
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FLOOR
301
303
GALLERY IS CLOSED FOR INSTALLATION.
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UNDERGROUND MODERNIST:
E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER
Opens September 10, 2021
The largest-ever exhibition of works by graphic design
pioneer E. McKnight Kauffer (American, 1890–1954)
will trace the designer’s transformative role in
integrating avant-garde style into modern life. On view
will be some 200 design objects, ranging from riveting
posters to book jackets, as well as abstract designs for
theatrical productions, carpets, film titles, and more.
GROUND FLOOR
TARGET
NATIONAL
DESIGN
EDUCATION
CENTER
DESIGN STUDIO