Welcome to The New York Public Library

"Welcome to The New York Public Library. For more than 125 years, the Library has provided free, essential access to books and information. Today, we are building on that legacy by increasing access to our collections physically and online, and by transforming our libraries into proactive centers of education and opportunity for all New Yorkers. We hope this digital guide provides a helpful glimpse into the breadth and depth of the Library's collections, locations, offerings, and more. There's something for everyone at the Library."
—Tony Marx, President, The New York Public Library

About NYPL
The New York Public Library has been an essential provider of free books, information, ideas, and education for all New Yorkers for more than 125 years. Founded in 1895, NYPL is the nation’s largest public library system, featuring 92 locations across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, including our world-renowned research centers at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Together with our circulating branches, including the all-new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) in Midtown, the Library provides an extraordinary richness of resources and opportunities available to all.

Featured in This Guide
The Library is pleased to make its debut on Bloomberg Connects with our brand-new, major exhibition: the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures. For the first time ever, the Polonsky Exhibition showcases some of the most extraordinary items from the 56 million in our collections, inspiring and empowering visitors to discover, learn, and create new knowledge—today and in the years ahead. In this guide, you'll find the full exhibition, organized by nine themes, as well as our free audio guide available in English, Spanish, and with verbal descriptions, plus more.

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