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[[underlined]]Cooper-Hewitt Museum [[/underlined]]

During its first three months over 83,000 visitors have viewed the inaugural exhibition, "Man Transforms", at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.  Press reaction to the innovative show, which was designed by Hans Hollein of Austria, has been largely favorable and is no doubt one of the factors behind the very encouraging attendance figures.

The opening exhibition will be followed by a showing of objects from The Royal Pavilion at Brighton, some of which are from the Museum's own collection and others to be borrowed from Buckingham Palace and the Royal Pavilion.  The opening of this exhibition during Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee year will be an important event for the Museum, and fund raising efforts in support of the exhibition are actively under way.  Subsequent exhibit plans include "Selections from the Permanent Collection" and "200 Years of American Architecture."

Classes, lectures, tours, craft workshops and other membership activities are also proceeding apace.  Over 2,350 residents of the New York City area have enrolled as Cooper-Hewitt members, in membership categories ranging from student ($15) to corporate ($1000). Some $84,000 in income which will help support the Museum's programs has already been derived from this source.