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Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art accredited institution of higher education; in New York City; coeducational; chartered and opened in 1859. Founded by Peter Cooper, it pioneered in evening engineering and art schools; day schools were added in 1900. Today it includes schools of engineering, art, and architecture, a division of adult education, and a faculty of humanities and social sciences. There are no tuition, application, matriculation, or graduation fees for U.S. residents. The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, was founded in 1897 as part of Cooper Union by Sarah, Eleanor, and Amy Hewitt, granddaughters of Peter Cooper. Since 1967 the museum, still located in New York City, has been a division of the Smithsonian Institution .

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Cooper Union (Cooper Institute), free, privately supported college founded at New York City (1859) by Peter Cooper and specializing in art, architecture, engineering, and science. It was also famous for its free public lectures. Among the speeches delivered in its auditorium was Lincoln's first address in the East (Feb. 27, 1860) as a potential presidential candidate.

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