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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 . The Carnegie Corporation gave the house and property to the Smithsonian in 1972 , and the modern incarnation of the Museum opened there in 1976 . The Museum contains more than 250,000 objects ranging from , Drawings and Prints , Textiles , and Wallcoverings. The museum also contains a research library containing 60,000 volumes. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |