{"id":42053,"date":"2016-12-30T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=42053"},"modified":"2024-04-14T22:35:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T05:35:02","slug":"design-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/design-museums","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Design Museums to Visit in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing designers are always searching for is inspiration<\/a>. Without inspiration, a designer’s well will eventually run dry, so it’s always an awesome idea to make sure that you take a moment every once in a while to recharge your design batteries! What better way to achieve this than to visit some design museums to get up close and personal with great design inspiration?
\nWhile there are many design museums in every corner of the world, there’s only a handful of these museums that are truly worth your time to visit. These museums will give you ideas for your next design project<\/a>, enable you to see design from different angles and perspectives, and stimulate your mind to be more creative than ever.
\nStart planning your museum-hopping vacation right now. Here are the top 10 design museums that you should visit in 2017!<\/p>\n

<\/span>1. Louvre Museum<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

\nTo discover art in its truest and classic approach, visit the Louvre, the world’s largest museum and second-most visited. Established all the way back in 1793, it occupies a surface area greater than 780,000 square feet. If you can’t find inspiration here, it doesn’t exist!
\nIts collections are enticing enough to make any designer swoon. Whether it’s the museum’s famous collections of ancient-history art (Romans, Greeks, Egyptians), its glorious sculptures, or its focus on romantic periods like with Islamic art and the Renaissance, there’s something for every designer’s interests.
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\nAwesomely enough, designers who can’t afford to go or squeeze a Louvre trip into their schedules, can simply take a virtual tour of some of its many collections.\n<\/p>\n

<\/span>2. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

\nThe only museum in the U.S. exclusively devoted to showcasing both contemporary and historic design, Cooper Hewitt is definitely a place every designer should visit at least once in his or her lifetime. Located in New York City, it’s right by Central Park and was recently reopened after a renovation.
\nThat makes it an ideal design museum to visit, due to its many new upgrades.
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\nFor example, visitors can enjoy a museum-wide platform, which allows them to interact with its collections by using digital pens and touchscreens. Such a level of interactivity adds an additional layer of interest to an already special building.
\nParticularly interesting is its collections’ angles on how design impacts our daily lives.\n<\/p>\n

<\/span>3. Design Museum, London<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

\nRenowned for housing a plethora of inspiring collections that covers all sorts of modern design, London’s Design Museum is still relatively young, having only been founded in 1989. However, what it lacks in age and history, it makes up for in the sheer weight of design-heavy and design-centric exhibits.
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\nFor instance, designers can get their fill with collections focusing on:\n<\/p>\n