Ms. Baumann became director of the museum in 2013 and oversaw the $91 million renovation of its Fifth Avenue mansion. $('body').append(signup); The director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museumthe most prestigious design museum in the United Statesabruptly resigned last week. They're finishing it. Her resignation was made public on Feb. 7, without explanation of the reason. Day. + ' @media (max-width: 767px){ .close-signup {top:0 !important;} }' Ms. Sleeper said in an interview with The New York Times that she provided the inspector general with emails showing that she had charged and Ms. Baumann had paid $750 for a cocktail dress. // Extends jQuery with a function to serialize to JSON The American National Design Awards, founded in 2000, are funded and awarded by Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt, (Grand Central Publishing) by Audrey Clare Farley, tells the sad and shocking tale of Cooper Hewitt, the daughter of famed engineer and inventor Peter Cooper Hewitt, and how her case reflected a time when eugenics was not only frighteningly common, but widely accepted in the US. e.preventDefault(); PROVIDING LIFE SAVINGS SOLUTIONS SINCE 2009. } } }, 5000); 2 E 91st St, New York City, NY 10128-0669. pagetypeforce = pagetypeurl.substr(pagetypeurl.length - 3); But now Baumann claims she was never given an opportunity to discuss the reports conclusions or defend herself. Six trustees, among them the prominent designer David Rockwell, have resigned from the board of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum to protest the removal of the museum's . $('body').on( 'click', '.close-signup', function(){ New fittings were designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Pentagram was commissioned to design a visual rebrand. var head = document.head if (!expirationMinutes) { Caroline Baumann, center, attends a Cooper Hewitt gala in New York on Oct. 18, 2018, in the same dress she wore to her wedding a month earlier. Baumanns resignation as director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum was made public Feb. 7, 2020, following an investigation by the Smithsonians inspector general into potential problems regarding the procurement of the dress and her wedding space. Photo: Matt Flynn Smithsonian Institution. }, var c = ca[i]; customSerializer: function(){ crossDomain: true, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. appendNewsletterSignup(); // Focus on the email input box The New York . Sent on the last Friday of every month, Dezeen in Depth features original feature articles, interviews and opinion pieces that delve deeper into the major stories shaping architecture and design. Feb 8, '22 2:37 PM EST. $email.focus(); How can it be inappropriate for a nonprofit to use a conference room for a board meeting? said Matko Tomicic, the executive director of LongHouse. $('body').append(ouibounceScript); '