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The American Eisner Museum Of Advertising & Design

The American Eisner Museum Of Advertising & Design

The museum works to honor and lend recognition to past achievements within the scope of advertising and design, foster public awareness of the influential role of advertising and design on society, and serve as an educational resource for advertising and design students and professionals and the community at large. With its unique emphasis on the social, historical and aesthetic implications of advertising and design, the Eisner Museum is an important center for research in and discussion of advertising and design.

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