The Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design and Culture
18 West 86th Street
New York
[bgc.bard.edu/exhibit/index.shtml]
Mostly known as a graduate institution affiliated with Bard College, the Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design and Culture presents two to three exhibitions annually devoted to decorative arts and design. In addition, BGC maintains a 40,000-volume research library on all aspects of the decorative arts, design, cultural history, garden and landscape history, and related disciplines. They also hold an extensive collection of periodicals, slides, and videotapes.
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
2 East 91st Street
New York
[cooperhewitt.org]
Founded in 1897 by Amy, Eleanor, and Sarah Hewitt—granddaughters of industrialist Peter Cooper—and accommodated by the Andrew Carnegie Mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City, the Cooper-Hewitt is devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Drawings, Prints and Graphic Design collection includes more than 160,000 works created between the Renaissance and the present (all related to the history of European and American art and design); The Product Design and Decorative Arts collection houses some 40,000 3-D objects dating from antiquity to the 21st century; the Textiles department is home to more than 30,000 woven and non-woven works, and, with10,000-odd wallcoverings in their custody, the Cooper-Hewitt has the largest wallpaper collection in the United States. Their design library contains more than 70,000 volumes (books, periodicals, catalogs, and trade literature dating from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries), an archive of photographs, correspondence, promotional material, drawings and writings of American designers, a 6,500-volume rare book collection and more. Each year, the Cooper-Hewitt hosts the National Design Awards, an event conceived in 1997 to honor the best in American design. Today ten prizes are given: those for best in Architecture Design, a Special Jury Commendation and a Lifetime Achievement award are just a few.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York
[metmuseum.org]
Even though the Met's primary focus is art, a significant proportion of its holdings is devoted to design. The collection of American decorative arts extends in date from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century and includes approximately 12,000 examples of furniture, silver, glass, pewter, ceramics, and textiles, while the Costume Institute houses a collection of more than 30,000 costumes and accessories spanning five continents and as many centuries.
Museum of Arts and Design
40 West 53rd Street
New York
[madmuseum.org]
For nearly 50 years, the Museum of Arts & Design has been a leading American institution dedicated to the collection and exhibition of contemporary objects created in clay, glass, wood, metal and fiber. The Museum explores materials and methods used by contemporary practitioners in the fields of craft, art and design, as well as architecture, fashion, interior design, technology and performing arts.
The Museum at FIT
Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Avenue
New York
[fitnyc.edu]
Founded in 1967 to support educational programs at the Fashion Institute of Technology, The Museum at FIT is now a valuable NYC establishment dedicated to the art of fashion. Well known for its innovative exhibitions, the museum also holds an important collection of fashion and textiles, which it collects, conserves, documents and displays.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
11 West 53rd Street
New York
[moma.org]
The Museum of Modern Art was the first museum in the world to house a curatorial department devoted to architecture and design. From its inception, in 1932, the collection has been built on the recognition that architecture and design are allied and interdependent arts. Including 28,000 works ranging from large-scale design objects to works on paper and architectural models, the Museum's Architecture and Design collection surveys major figures and movements from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Starting with the reform ideology established by the Arts and Crafts movement, the collection covers major movements of the twentieth century and contemporary issues. The architecture collection documents buildings through models, drawings, and photographs, and includes the Mies van der Rohe Archive. The design collection comprises thousands of objects, ranging from appliances, furniture, and tableware to tools, textiles, sports cars—even a helicopter. The graphic design collection includes noteworthy examples of typography, posters, and other combinations of text and image.
The Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road at Vernon Boulevard
New York
[noguchi.org]
Founded by Isamu Noguchi in 1985, The Noguchi Museum presents a wide-ranging collection of the artist's works in clay metal, wood and stone, as well as models for public gardens, dance sets, and light sculptures. The Museum encompasses thirteen galleries within a converted factory building, encircled by a garden containing large-scale granite and basalt sculptures.
DESIGN MUSEUMS ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
Architecture and Design Museum
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
[aplusd.org/v3]
The Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
[cafam.org]
Design Museum at the University of California
University of California, 145 Walker Hall
One Shields Avenue
Davis
[designmuseum.ucdavis.edu]
Materials and Application
1619 Silver Lake Boulevard
Los Angeles
[emanate.org]
The Mingei International Museum
1439 El Prado (Plaza de Panama)
San Diego
[mingei.org]
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
51 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco
[mocfa.org]
The San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design
550 Sutter Street
[sfmcd.com]
FLORIDA
The Wolfsonian-FIU
1001 Washington Ave
Miami Beach
[wolfsonian.fiu.edu]
GEORGIA
Museum of Design
285 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta
[museumofdesign.org]
ILLINOIS
Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design
Chicago
[chi-athenaeum.org]
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Museum of Art Crafts
715 West Main Street
Louisville
[kentuckycrafts.org]
MINNESOTA
Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota
241 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue
St. Paul
[cdes.umn.edu]
PENNSYLVANIA
The Knoll Museum
East Greenville
[knoll.com/museum]
The Philadelphia Design Center
Philadelphia University, Goldie Paley House
4200 Henry Avenue
Philadelphia
[philau.edu/designcenter]
WISCONSIN
The Eisner American Museum of Advertising and Design
208 N. Water Street
Milwaukee
[eisnermuseum.org]
Hamilton Wood Type Museum
1619 Jefferson Street
Two Rivers
[woodtype.org]
The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Museum
Milwaukee
[miad.edu]
DESIGN MUSEUMS OUTSIDE OF AMERICA
AUSTRIA
Museum of Applied Art (MAK)
Vienna
[mak.at]
BELGIUM
Gent
Design Museum
[design.museum.gent.be]
CANADA
The Design Exchange
Toronto
[designexchange.org]
DENMARK
Danish Museum of Art and Design
Copenhagen
[kunstindustrimuseet.dk]
Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
Tallinn
[etdm.ee/en]
FINLAND
Design Museum
Helsinki
[designmuseum.fi]
FRANCE
The Graphic Design Center
Echirolles
[graphisme-echirolles.com]
The Museum of Decorative Arts
Paris
[lesartsdecoratifs.fr]
GERMANY
Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design
Berlin
[bauhaus.de/english]
Museum of Applied Art (Kunstgewerbemuseum)
Berlin
[smb.spk-berlin.de]
Museum of Applied Arts
Frankfurt
[druckkunst-museum.de]
Museum of the Printing Arts
Leipzig
[rma.de]
Red Dot Museum
Essen
[red-dot.de]
Vitra Design Museum
Weil Am Rhein
[design-museum.de]
ITALY
The Triennial Design Museum
Milan
[triennale.it]
The Typotheque Museum
Cornuda
[tipoteca.it]
KOREA
Hangaram Design Museum
Seoul
[designgallery.or.kr]
THE NETHERLANDS
Dutch Poster Museum
Hoorn
[affichemuseum.nl]
Museum of the Book
The Hague
[meermanno.nl]
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Museum Te papa
Wellington
[tepapa.govt.nz]
NORWAY
West Norway Museum of Decorative Art
Bergen
[vk.museum.no]
SINGAPORE
Red Dot Museum
Singapore
[red-dot.de]
SWEDEN
Rohsska Museum of Design and Decorative Arts
Gothenburg
[designmuseum.se]
SWITZERLAND
Architecture Gallery
Lucerne
[architekturgalerie.ch]
Museum of Design
Zurich
[museum-gestaltung.ch]
Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
[sam-basel.org]
UNITED KINGDOM
Design Museum
London
[designmuseum.org]
The Geffrye Museum
London
[geffrye-museum.org.uk]
Museum of Brands, Packaging & Advertising
London
[museumofbrands.com]
Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex University
London
[moda.mdx.ac.uk]
The National Center for Craft and Design
[thehubcentre.org]
The Type Museum
London
[typemuseum.org]
The Victoria & Albert Museum
London
[vam.ac.uk]
William Morris Gallery
London
[walthamforest.gov.uk]
MUSEUMS WITH DESIGN DEPARTMENTS
CALIFORNIA
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Pomona
[ceramicmuseum.org]
The Getty Museum
Los Angeles
[getty.edu/museum]
The Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach
[lbma.org]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles
[lacma.org]
The Museum of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles
[moca.org]
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco
[sfmoma.org]
COLORADO
Denver Art Museum
Denver
[denverartmuseum.org/home]
DELAWARE
The Winterthur Museum and Country Estate
Route 52
Winterthur
[winterthur.org]
FLORIDA
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
Winter Park
[http://209.26.252.44]
ILLINOIS
Art Institute of Chicago Museum
Chicago
[artic.edu/aic]
MICHIGAN
Cranbrook Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills
[cranbrookart.edu/museum]
DeVos Art Museum Northern Michigan University
Marquette
[art.nmu.edu]
MINNESOTA
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis
[walkerart.org/index.wac]
The Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis
[artsmia.org]
NORTH CAROLINA
Mint Museum of Craft and Design
Charlotte
[themintmuseums.org]
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA)
Salem
[oldsalem.org]
OHIO
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati
[cincinnatiartmuseum.org]
OKLAHOMA
Price Tower Art Center
Bartlesville
[pricetower.org/collections]
PENNSYLVANIA
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh
[cmoa.org]
RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Providence
[risd.edu/museum.cfm]
TENNESSEE
Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville
[knoxart.org/museuminfo]
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee Art Museum
700 N. Art Museum Drive
Milwaukee
[mam.org]
AUSTRALIA
The Powerhouse Museum
Sydney
[powerhousemuseum.com]
BELGIUM
MoMu Museum
Antwerp
[momu.be]
Museum Plantin-Moretus/Print Room
Antwerp
[museum.antwerpen.be]
BRAZIL
Museum of the Brazilian Home
Sao Paolo
[mcb.sp.gov.br]
CANADA
Canadian Centre for Architecture
Montreal
[cca.qc.ca]
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal
[mbam.qc.ca]
FRANCE
National Museum of Art, Center for Industrial Creation, Georges Pompidou Center
Paris
[museums-of-paris.com]
NORWAY
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Oslo
[nationalmuseum.no]
POLAND
Manggha, Center of Japanese Art & Technology
Krakow
[manggha.krakow.pl]
Museum of Cartoon & Caricature
Warsaw
[muzeumkarykatury.pl]
UNITED KINGDOM
The Foundling Museum
London
[foundlingmuseum.org.uk]
Horniman Museum
London
[horniman.ac.uk]
Imperial War Museum Collection of Posters
London
[iwm.org.uk]
The London Transport Museum, Design Gallery
London
[ltmuseum.co.uk]
Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood
London
[vam.ac.uk/moc/collections]
Museum of London
London
[museumoflondon.org.uk]
The St. Bride Library
London
[stbride.org]
Science Museum
London
[sciencemuseum.org.uk]
Sir John Soane's Museum
London
[soane.org]
For more web resources, visit designstudiesforum.org