Adopt-a-Book

Help us acquire and preserve books that support the research at the Smithsonian
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Rare books from the Dibner Library of Science and Technology

Cooper-Hewitt Reading Room

Now Open!

The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Library has been newly remodeled. Check it out!
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The newly renovated Cooper-Hewitt Reading Room.
Photo by: Anonymous

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web

Links to online exhibitions created by libraries, archives, historical societies, and museums.
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Detail: Evans Dual-purpose Streamlined Auto-Railers Detroit, Michigan, 1930s

Shedding Light on New York

Edward F. Caldwell & Co.

Designs for lighting and other fixtures from the CHM collection
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Drawings and photos of lighting fixtures

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