Are You a Sarah or an Eleanor?

Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt, the sisters who established the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration in 1897 and granddaughters of famed industrialist Peter Cooper, used their considerable means and impressive intelligence to amass a collection comprised of centuries of furniture, textiles, drawings, wallcoverings, and more—the basis of the collection now housed at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. You can learn all about them in our current exhibition Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt: Designing a Modern Museum.
While they both were intelligent, forward thinkers, they were also individuals with their own sensibilities and temperaments. Take the quiz to get to know the sisters and find out which sister you are!
A. Almost entirely inscrutable
B. Neat and orderly
A. Horseback riding
B. Gardening
A. Business minded
B. Education driven
A. Busy
B. Pretty
A. Play a musical instrument
B. Go see a theater performance
Sarah in costume at the Vanderbilt Ball, 1883
Mostly A: You’re a Sarah: Robust, Witty, Musical
Eleanor. Portrait by Antonia de Banuelos. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Mostly B: You’re an Eleanor: Sweetly Spicy, Artistic, Clever