Libraries

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

One of the largest collections of Catalan literature and cultural materials outside of Spain, created by a community of 1960s expats.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.