New York Public Library

Great Stories Found in Rare Manuscripts: The New York Public Library’s Polonsky Exhibition

Usually, we think of a library as a place filled with just books: bestselling novels, biographies of politicians, maybe the plays of Shakespeare. But when a library has been collecting ...

December 1, 2022BY Da Yan
New York as Never Seen Before in Vintage Animated Images

Long before virtual reality and 3D action movies, the stereoscope was an obscure device that people used to ...

February 3, 2016BY Ingrid Longauerová
Designers Draw Up the Library of the Future

The library of the future could include affordable housing upstairs, retail downstairs, and a 24-hour community lounge in ...

December 12, 2014BY Catherine Yang
New York Public Library on 42nd Street Opens Outdoor Reading Room

For Kenneth Santos, a biochemistry major at SUNY–Geneseo, reading outdoors in the summer gives him a chance to ...

August 5, 2014BY Annie Wu