While the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) comprises 20 branch libraries, some branch collections naturally overlap when meeting the needs of their library users. That’s the situation with one of our art libraries, the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Library located in New York City, and one of our science libraries, the Botany and Horticulture Library located in Washington D.C. It may surprise you to learn both collect books and journals on landscape design and history and the decorative arts.
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The Libraries would like to highlight some new titles that have been added recently to the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Library.
The Libraries would like to highlight some new titles that have been added recently to the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Library.
The Libraries would like to highlight some new titles that have been added recently to the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Library.
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