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Visionary Sisters Make a ‘Modern Museum’
The making of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum started with two sisters. Learn more about the sisters, their family and the origins of the nation’s design museum.
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Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt are subjects of the museum's exhibition Sarah & Eleanor Hewitt: Designing a Modern Museum (on view through Oct. 10, 2022).
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