Join Cooper Hewitt and our Museum Mile neighbors for the 47th annual Museum Mile Festival. Festival attendees can walk Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue between 82nd Street and 110th Street while visiting eight of New York City’s finest cultural institutions, all of which are open to the public with free admission throughout the event.
What’s on at Cooper Hewitt
Exhibition On View
- Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial
Featuring 25 site-specific, newly commissioned installations, Making Home explores design’s role in shaping the physical and emotional realities of home across the United States, US Territories, and Tribal Nations. The exhibition is the seventh offering in the museum’s Design Triennial series, which was established in 2000 to address the most urgent topics of the time through the lens of design.
About the Museum Mile Festival
The eight cultural partners participating in this long-standing collaboration are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Neue Galerie New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; The Jewish Museum; Museum of the City of New York; El Museo del Barrio; and The Africa Center.
The celebration of art and culture will feature live programs, musical performances, exhibitions, and art-making activities for all ages. Please check each museum’s website to learn more about their programming.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Admission is free and will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. No registration required.
The Museum Mile Festival takes place rain or shine.
Entry: All visitors must enter at 2 East 91st Street.
Exit: All visitors will exit the museum via the Garden gate on 90th Street.
Health Measures: We are asking all visitors who are sick or feel unwell to please stay home.
Personal Belongings: We encourage you to limit the number of personal belongings and bags you bring into our facilities as they will be subject to a thorough search. Please note that we do not offer coat, stroller or bag storage at this event.
