Spend a Wednesday morning with us, eating donuts and learning about patents obtained by members of the Cooper community - including Lionel trains, the rotoscope, a solar cooker, and the escalator - and the Cooper Union Library's 19th-century Patent Alcove, which was open to the public and unlocked the process of invention for countless New Yorkers.
This is just one of many events that make up New York Archives Week 2024! The week is chock full of events hosted by other amazing area archives, including the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Poster House, La Mama, and the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. We encourage you to check out any event that interests you - this city is bursting with archival resources for the public.
Want to know more about Cooper community patents? Visit our Patent Alcove exhibition page, or swing by the archives and ask to view Peter Cooper's patents.
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