Sections
Smithsonian Voices
From the Smithsonian Museums
Elise is a writer and editor with the Smithsonian's Office of Advancement.
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.
Abigail Croll & Elise Walter
May 19, 2022
April 12, 2022
April 26, 2021
March 8, 2021
November 30, 2020
Visionary Sisters Make a 'Modern Museum'
Where Art Meets Science
:focal(1531x1225:1532x1226)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/bf/6d/bf6d4c4b-5203-4ab1-90e6-6b73938242e1/cooper_hewitt_comic.png)
:focal(709x616:710x617)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/84/ec/84eca546-3d5b-4ab0-92b1-1f7457a6e247/a_window_in_header.png)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/blogging/featured/Chicano_art_1.png)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/blogging/featured/Comic_slide.png)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/blogging/featured/175_photography.png)
:focal(194x218:195x219)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/blogging/featured/new-normal-banner.png)
