Building Hours

SPRING & SUMMER 2012
 

Routine Operations
January 17 - May 20

Monday - Thursday
Friday and Saturday
Sunday
7:30am - 2am
7:30am - 12am
12pm - 2am

 

Presidents / Founders Day Weekend

Friday, February 17
Saturday, February 18
Sunday, February 19
Monday, February 20
9am - 10pm
9am - 10pm
12pm - 10pm
9am - 10pm

 

Spring Recess

Friday, March 9
Saturday, March 10
Sunday, March 11
Monday, March 12 - Friday, March 16
Saturday, March 17
Sunday, March 18
Monday, March 19
Buildings close at midnight
8am - 6pm
CLOSED
8am - 10pm
8am - 6pm
CLOSED
Return to normal hours (7:30am - 2am)

 

End of Semester Hours
Wednesday April 25 - Wednesday May 9

24 HOUR ACCESS
(Closed 11:59pm Saturday to 12:00 noon Sunday)
 

 

Summer Hours
May 21 - June 9 (during End of Year Show**)

Monday
Tuesday - Saturday
Sunday
8am - 5:15pm
12pm - 7pm
CLOSED

**Exhibition hours Tuesday - Saturday, 12pm - 7pm.  Exhibition closed Sundays & Mondays.
Engineering on view through June 2, Architecture & Art through June 9.

 

Summer Hours
June 10 - September 2

Monday - Thursday
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
8am - 5:15pm
CLOSED

 

Other Holidays

MEMORIAL DAY: Monday, May 28
INDEPENDENCE DAY: Wednesday, July 4
LABOR DAY: Monday, September 3
CLOSED
CLOSED
CLOSED

 

All buildings close at midnight the day before a holiday unless otherwise specified. 
Check with individual offices, shops, and labs for their respective open hours.

 

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.