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

Mr. Adams outlined the following report and recommendations regarding the improvement to the facilities of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

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Since the Spring 1982 visit to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum by the Regents' Audit and Review Committee, plans to renovate Miller House and link it to the Carnegie Mansion have moved forward. As reported at that time, renovation of the Miller House and its link to the Carnegie Mansion have been an integral part of the Museum's plans since the two adjacent properties were donated to the Smithsonian in 1972. Mansion renovation, the first phase of development of the property into a museum facility, was completed in 1976. The subsequent need to finish the project has each year grown increasingly urgent as renovated Mansion space became more crowded and unrehabilitated collection storage space in the Miller House continued to deteriorate.

To redress the situation, as reported in the July 1982 Regents Newsletter, the architectural firm of Hardy, Holzman and Pfeiffer was engaged to prepare conceptual and schematic design plans for the expansion of the Museum. Their product, submitted in March of 1983, was reviewed by the Copper-Hewitt Advisory Council, the Council of Bureau Directors, and the Secretary's Executive Committee with broad approval on all fronts. The plan calls for a combination of new construction, renovation of the Miller House, and redistribution of various functions within the Mansion. These improvements will provide new galleries for changing exhibition, the ability to display a much greater portion of the permanent collection, expanded and improved collection storage and