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Among the Baltimore region's numerous institutions of higher learning are Johns Hopkins University (1876), with its noted medical school and hospital, the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University (1857), Loyola College in Maryland (1852), the College of Notre Dame of Maryland (1873), the University of Maryland at Baltimore (1807), the University of Baltimore (1925), Morgan State University (1867), Baltimore Hebrew University (1919), Maryland Institute, College of Art (1826), Goucher College (1885), Coppin State College (1900), and Sojourner-Douglass College (1980). The Enoch Pratt Free Library is one of the nation's oldest libraries. The Peale Museum, the Walters Art Gallery, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (partly housed in the oldest railroad station in the country) display wide-ranging collections. The Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum honors the civil rights leader who was president of Baltimore's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter from 1935 to 1970. Also of note are the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Opera Company.
