What's on at Cooper-Hewitt

While we're renovating the Mansion, we have an extensive range of events and programs for all ages happening at other venues around New York City.

Almost all our events are free of charge but we encourage advance booking to secure a place. Please also check the venue details when booking to make sure you know where to turn up to.

Weekly family programs run Tuesday through Saturdays and can be booked individually in the Family Programs section of our website.


Design Talks: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects  

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Cooper-Hewitt Design Center

2012 National Design Award winners Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam have worked together in architecture for over forty years. Founded in 1984, their Atlanta-based firm, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, has won international acclaim for work that ranges from a sleek factory for Herman Miller to the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center for Wellesley College and commercial office space for Tishman Speyer Properties. The firm’s diverse body of work is uniquely characterized by profound rigor tempered by childlike innocence.

Members’ Showroom Visit | Culture Object  

Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Domus Design Collection at 136 Madison Avenue, at 31st Street

Open to Design Watch Members and above.

See mid-20th Century Architectural scale Blenko glass at the Culture Object showroom with curator and glass expert Damon Crain. Located within the contemporary design showroom of Domus Design Collection in midtown Manhattan, Culture Object presents rare vintage blown glass objects displayed in a setting of cutting edge contemporary furniture.

DesignPrep: Lighting Design  

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 4:30pm to Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 6:00pm

Illuminate your world with a 3-session workshop on lighting design!

Members’ Tour | The National Design Library  

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum 9 East 90th Street

Open to Design Watch Members and above.

Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Library, formerly housed in the Carnegie Mansion, now inhabits a gorgeously renovated space in the Museum's main administrative buildings at 9 East 90th Street!  Join Stephen Van Dyk, Smithsonian Institution Library’s Art Department Head, for a very special tour for Design Watch Members.

Harlem Focus | Architectural Photography: The Imaging of Design  

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Cooper-Hewitt Design Center

The distinguished architectural and environmental photographer Albert Vecerka presents his photographic work, sharing insights and technical savvy in capturing the utility, spirit and beauty of the designed environment. Vecerka is currently listed on the roster of Esto Photographics, the premier photography studio of contemporary architecture.

Harlem Focus | Garden Design: The Art of Color, Variety and Form  

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Cooper-Hewitt Design Center

Join the curator and gardeners from the Central Park Conservancy for a talk about the landscape design of the Central Park Conservatory Gardens and how it compliments and contrasts with Frederick Law Olmsted's overall design for Central Park. Learn about how the elements of form and color are rethought and refreshed each year within the garden's formal planting structure. Hear how the redesign strategies offer the public new and unique views from season to season.

Harlem Focus | Up on the Roof: Farming the Urban Rooftop  

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Cooper-Hewitt Design Center

Join landscape architect Elizabeth Kennedy as she presents her work on the Brooklyn Grange farm, located on a massive 65,000 sq ft roof towering eleven stories over the East River, atop Building no. 3 at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. Constructed as a Stormwater Management Tool funded by a NYC DEP Green Infrastructure Grant under PlaNYC, the project serves as an inspiring model of green roof possibilities.