Museums have traditionally been heavily visual environments. You look but you don’t touch. That assumption is now changing.

Ellen Lupton is the senior curator of contemporary design at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. She explains how the museum is creating an immersive experience by incorporating multi-sensory design. She also discusses their latest exhibit “The Senses: Design Beyond Vision.""

This is the May 25, 2018 episode.