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| | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | It is part of the Smithsonian Institution and is located in New York City at Fifth Avenue and 91st Street, along what is known as Museum Mile. |
| | Founded in 1897 by Amy, Eleanor, and Sarah Hewitt, the grand-daughters of industrialist Peter Cooper, and daughters of Abram S. Hewitt, mayor of New York in 1887–88, the Museum was initially part of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. |
| | The main museum building was formerly the city mansion of the American steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who lived there until his death in 1919; the neighborhood in which the museum is located became known as Carnegie Hill. |
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