New: Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003-2008
	Upcoming: September 12, 2008 - March 1, 2009
	International in scope and possessing one of the most diverse and comprehensive collections of design works in existence, the museum's rich holdings range from the Han Dynasty (200 B.C.) to the present day and total more than 200,000 objects. This exhibition features recent acquisitions to all four of the museum's collecting departments: Product Design and Decorative Arts; Drawings, Prints and Graphic Design; Textiles; and Wallcoverings.

New: House Proud: Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection
	Upcoming: August 12, 2008 - January 25, 2009
			This exhibition showcases the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw's collection of 19th-century watercolor drawings that meticulously detail the era's interior furnishings and document the social, cultural, and aesthetic development of European domestic life. The collection includes examples of English, German, Russian, Swiss, and Austrian domestic spaces. Selected objects from the museum's permanent collection complement the drawings.

New: Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection
	February 15, 2008 - August 24, 2008
			As the fifth guest curators in the exhibition series, the Brazilian brothers Fernando and Huberto Campana produce an installation of selected works from the museum's collection. The selected pieces -- which range from book illustrations and jewelry, to furniture and wallpaper designs -- blend unexpected media, layer varied forms, and weave intricate patterns and lines. The brothers' new piece of furniture commissioned by the museum is also on view. Web: cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/selects/campana.asp

New: Multiple Choice: From Sample to Product
	November 9, 2007 - September 1, 2008
			This exhibition examines the historical and contemporary use of sampling formats, in use since the 18th century. Highlights include sample books of wallcoverings; textiles, ribbons, and lace; transfer print plates with sample borders; wallcoverings; and drawings and prints showing design alternatives. Brochure Web: www.cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/multiple_choice/

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