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Family Program | Architecture Quest
Join an adventure in March! Embark on a scavenger hunt through the Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial galleries. Discover how creative architects tackle challenges like weather, materials, and tiny spaces. Then, try your hand at architectural mini-challenges inspired by the exhibition.
3 capes are suspended from the ceiling of a large, brightly lit room with windows on the back wall. The room has high ceilings, ornate crown molding, and the walls are decorated with floral wallpaper. The image is bordered in light purple. Text at the bottom reads: Making Home Smithsonian Design Triennial.
Curator Tour: Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial
In this curator-guided tour of Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial, visitors will explore some of the exhibition’s 25 original commissions, highlighting design’s role in shaping the physical and emotional experiences 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...
3 capes are suspended from the ceiling of a large, brightly lit room with windows on the back wall. The room has high ceilings, ornate crown molding, and the walls are decorated with floral wallpaper. The image is bordered in light purple. Text at the bottom reads: Making Home Smithsonian Design Triennial.
Curator Tour: Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial
In this curator-guided tour of Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial, visitors will explore some of the exhibition’s 25 original commissions, highlighting design’s role in shaping the physical and emotional experiences 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...
3 capes are suspended from the ceiling of a large, brightly lit room with windows on the back wall. The room has high ceilings, ornate crown molding, and the walls are decorated with floral wallpaper. The image is bordered in light purple. Text at the bottom reads: Making Home Smithsonian Design Triennial.
Curator Tour: Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial
In this curator-guided tour of Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial, visitors will explore some of the exhibition’s 25 original commissions, highlighting design’s role in shaping the physical and emotional experiences 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...
3 capes are suspended from the ceiling of a large, brightly lit room with windows on the back wall. The room has high ceilings, ornate crown molding, and the walls are decorated with floral wallpaper. The image is bordered in light purple. Text at the bottom reads: Making Home Smithsonian Design Triennial.
Curator Tour: Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial
In this curator-guided tour of Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial, visitors will explore some of the exhibition’s 25 original commissions, highlighting design’s role in shaping the physical and emotional experiences 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...
3 capes are suspended from the ceiling of a large, brightly lit room with windows on the back wall. The room has high ceilings, ornate crown molding, and the walls are decorated with floral wallpaper. The image is bordered in light purple. Text at the bottom reads: Making Home Smithsonian Design Triennial.
Curator Tour: Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial
In this curator-guided tour of Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial, visitors will explore some of the exhibition’s 25 original commissions, highlighting design’s role in shaping the physical and emotional experiences 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...
Family Program | Design Your Dream Library
Do you have a young artist, bookworm, or budding designer at home? In February, join Black Artists + Designers Guild to design your own dream library, in conjunction with their installation “The Underground Library” in Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial.
Let the Sun In: A Book Talk on Alexander Girard
Take a deep dive into the creative process and extraordinary designs of midcentury designer Alexander Girard (1907-1993). Join designer Todd Oldham and writer Kiera Coffee in a discussion around their new publication, Alexander Girard: Let the Sun In (Phaidon, 2024), with Susan Brown, Acting Head of Textiles and Associate Curator. Brown will highlight Cooper Hewitt’s extensive holdings of Girard textiles and objects, and the ways in which his sensational colors and patterns are still inspiring designers and design lovers today. 
A large room with 3 dark leather sofas throughout. The walls are filled with framed artwork. The floor is carpeted in a bright blue. The image has a light purple border. Text at the bottom of the image reads: Making Home Smithsonian Design Triennial.
Shelfie Workshop with Black Artists + Designers Guild
Have you ever taken a “shelfie”? A “shelfie” is a photograph of a bookshelf in which the bookshelf’s contents reflect a portrait of the person to whom the contents belong. For this interactive workshop, join Black Artists + Designers Guild (BADG) to think about the power of home libraries, in conjunction with their installation “The Underground Library” in Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial.