Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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  • Discover Design

    Discover Design

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, United States

    At this monthly program, explore a featured exhibition at your own pace, with opportunities to discover, connect, and engage with the objects and ideas on display. At select points within the exhibition, trained program staff are available to facilitate enriching experiences. They can offer verbal...

    Free
  • Cooper Hewitt | ASL Tour | Made in America

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, United States

    The ASL Tour is exclusive to visitors who are Deaf, hard of hearing, and their companions.  Join us for an American Sign Language (ASL) tour of Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne.  This exhibition brings together more than 70 large-format photographs captured by Christopher Payne...

  • Family Access Hour | Design Your Own Board Game

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, United States

    Drop-in at the museum on the second Saturday of each month for hands-on family activities! This January, join us for a special game day at the museum. Design Your Own Board Game Design your own board game: Create a story for your game and choose from...

    Free
  • Discover Design: Made in America

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, United States

    Explore this month’s featured exhibition at your own pace, with opportunities to discover, connect, and engage with the objects and ideas on display. At select points within the exhibition, trained staff are available to facilitate visual description, thoughtful conversation, close looking, and tactile exploration.  Programs are designed for...

  • Design and Disability | Inspired by Alice Wong

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, United States

    Join us for an afternoon of community, crafting, and conversation inspired by disability activist, writer, and visionary leader, Alice Wong.  This gathering invites participants to collaboratively reflect on Wong’s transformative impact on inclusive design and the participation of those with lived experience in accessible design strategies....

    Free
  • Reading with New York Therapy Animals

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, United States

    While the museum’s galleries are closed for installation, join free drop-in design activities in the Garden.   Reading with New York Therapy Animals Join Cooper Hewitt for a sensory-friendly reading hour with New York Therapy Animals. Gain confidence in reading out loud and asking questions about new concepts. Books for a wide...

    Free
  • Morning at the Museum | Design Your Own Collection

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, United States

    MORNING AT THE MUSEUM | DESIGN YOUR OWN COLLECTION Gotta collect them all! Explore the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection with a scavenger hunt. Then, drop in for a design activity: What do you collect? Whether it’s shells, stickers, stamps, Pokémon cards, or sneakers, design a way...

    Free
  • Verbal Description Tour & Tactile Drawing Workshop

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, United States

    Join us for a tour of Cooper Hewitt’s current exhibition, Give Me A Sign: The Language of Symbols, co-led by curator Emily Orr and Accessibility & Inclusion Manager Kirsten Sweeney in collaboration with the NYPL Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library. Together, we will examine the fascinating...

    Free
  • Sensory-Friendly Drag Story Hour

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, United States

    Celebrate Pride Month with Cooper Hewitt! At Drag Story Hour, an artist will read a picture book, get you singing, and moving to your own beat. This is designed to be a sensory-friendly environment; it will be held in a quiet space with a small...

    Free