Join Cooper Hewitt and our Museum Mile neighbors for the 48th 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
Exhibitions On View
- Art of Noise celebrates groundbreaking design that enhances and visualizes our musical experiences.
- Devon Turnbull: HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3 features a large scale, handmade, audio system by multi-disciplinary artist Devon Turnbull.
- Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne brings together more than 70 large-format photographs captured by Christopher Payne over a decade-long photographic journey to learn more about the craft of both industrial and artisanal making in the United States
Garden
Activity ongoing, 6–8:30 p.m.
Outdoors (weather permitting)
Get ready to dance! In celebration of the current Art of Noise exhibition, Cooper Hewitt will activate the museum’s garden with dancing, DJs, and music played on the Karlala Soundsystem—a hot pink speaker system designed and engineered by Karl Scholz. Enjoy music by Cesar Toribio and Mickey Pérez of Public Service, an all-ages dance party held primarily in city parks that pays tribute to New York City’s dance music and sound system culture. For the Festival, they will be playing funk, R&B, disco, and house fused with dance music from the African, Caribbean, and South American diasporas.
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.
Know Before You Go: Read our visitor guidelines.
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.
No food or drinks will be allowed in the museum.
