{"id":7962,"date":"2010-09-03T12:14:54","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T16:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=7962"},"modified":"2010-09-03T12:14:54","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T16:14:54","slug":"free-admission-to-the-cooper-hewitt-museum-of-natural-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=7962","title":{"rendered":"Free Admission to the Cooper-Hewitt, Museum Of Natural Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Museum Hours &amp; Location<br \/>\nEnjoy FREE! Admission this Labor Day Weekend<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Cooper-Hewitt-Museum-Of-Natural-Design.png\" rel=\"lightbox[7962]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7963\" title=\"Cooper-Hewitt Museum Of Natural Design\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Cooper-Hewitt-Museum-Of-Natural-Design.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Cooper-Hewitt-Museum-Of-Natural-Design.png 400w, http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Cooper-Hewitt-Museum-Of-Natural-Design-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Museum Hours:<br \/>\nMonday\u2013Friday: 10 a.m.\u20135 p.m.<br \/>\nSaturday: 10 a.m.\u20136 p.m.<br \/>\nSunday: 11 a.m. \u20136 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Garden entrance on 90th Street open May\u2013September (weather permitting)<\/p>\n<p>Directions Subway: 6 to 96th St.<br \/>\nDirections Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 to Fifth Ave. and E. 90th St.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum presents compelling perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through active educational and curatorial programming. It is the mission of Cooper-Hewitt\u2019s staff and Board of Trustees to advance the public understanding of design across the twenty-four centuries of human creativity represented by the Museum\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum was founded in 1897 by Amy, Eleanor, and Sarah Hewitt\u2014granddaughters of industrialist Peter Cooper\u2014as part of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. A branch of the Smithsonian since 1967, Cooper-Hewitt is housed in the landmark Andrew Carnegie Mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The campus also includes two historic townhouses renovated with state-of-the-art conservation technology and a unique terrace and garden. Cooper-Hewitt\u2019s collections include more than 250,000 design objects and a world-class design library. Its exhibitions, in-depth educational programs, and on-site, degree-granting master\u2019s program explore the process of design, both historic and contemporary. As part of its mission, Cooper-Hewitt annually sponsors the National Design Awards, a prestigious program which honors innovation and excellence in American design. Together, these resources and programs reinforce Cooper-Hewitt\u2019s position as the preeminent museum and educational authority for the study of design in the United State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Museum Hours &amp; Location Enjoy FREE! Admission this Labor Day Weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7962"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7965,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7962\/revisions\/7965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}