Folger Shakespeare Library
Henry Clay Folger (1857-1930) and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger (1858-1936), established the Folger Shakespeare Library as a gift to the American people, after decades of assembling the world’s largest …
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MLK Library, Washington
Washington, D.C.’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library recently underwent a $210 million three-year renovation by Netherlands-based Mecanoo and New York firm OTJ Architects. The library, which originally opened in 1972, …
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Richelieu Site
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (‘National Library of France’; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand. It …
Peabody Room, Georgetown Public Library
The Peabody Room is a special collection of Georgetown neighborhood history, and is a part of The People’s Archive. The People’s Archive is DC Public Library’s local history center with …
George Peabody Library
The George Peabody Library in Baltimore is beautiful. Formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, the library’s collection dates from the founding of the Peabody …