Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (New Haven, Connecticut)

USA / Connecticut / New Haven / New Haven, Connecticut / Wall Street, 121

library, conservation, interesting place, Modern (architecture)

Designed c. 1963 by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill as a rare book library named for Edwin, Walter and Frederick Beinecke who were heirs of the Sperry & Hutchinson Company. The building houses an extraordinary collection of rare texts, including an original Gutenberg Bible.

In 2016, the interior was renovated and its original Knoll furniture pieces restored.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinecke_Rare_Book_and_Manuscript_Library

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Coordinates: 41°18'41"N 72°55'38"W