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A Project on the Arctic’s Vanishing Ice Launches with an Olafur Eliasson Talk

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 5, 2017October 5, 2017

The Arctic Imagination project is a collaboration between six international libraries that draws attention to the Arctic’s disappearing ice.

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A Jazz Documentary on a Summer’s Day

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton August 21, 2017January 28, 2019

The 1959 documentary Jazz on a Summer’s Day, screening on August 23 at the New York Public Library, is considered one of the first music festival films.

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Help the New York Public Library Geotag Enigmatic NYC Photos

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 25, 2017August 3, 2021

The New York Public Library has thousands of historical photographs and illustrations of NYC that you can help geotag with a new tool called “Surveyor.”

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From Daily Life to Scientific Explorations, Photos of Latin America Between 1860 and Today

by Paula Kupfer May 22, 2017May 24, 2017

Viewpoints, an exhibition at the New York Public Library, features an impressive array of photographs made in Latin America by local photographers as well as foreigners.

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The New York Public Library Has a “Digital Time-Travel Service” for Its Historical Maps

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

The New York Public Library’s NYC Space/Time Directory launched a project that plots 5,000 digitized street maps across the five boroughs, organized by decade from 1850 to 1950.

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The Whimsical Work of an Animal-Loving 19th-Century Printmaker

by Claire Voon December 12, 2016

From portraits of his dog to Japanese motifs, these fine-lined images attest to the originality of Henri-Charles Guérard, who was one of the most respected printmakers of his time.

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A Luminous NYPL Reading Room Reopens After a Two-Year Restoration

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 5, 2016March 14, 2017

The central space of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building had been closed for repairs after one of the plaster rosettes on its ceiling plummeted to the ground in May 2014.

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At NY Public Library, Books Now Ride the Rails from the Stacks to the Reading Room

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 21, 2016September 22, 2016

A fleet of 24 cars will soon be delivering material from the stacks of the New York Public Library along the tracks of its new “book train.”

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Time Travel Along Fifth Avenue, with Photos from the Early 1900s and Today

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 7, 2016January 12, 2023

In 1911, photographer Burton Welles published Fifth Avenue, New York, from Start to Finish.

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NY Public Library Exhibits Its Recent Social Justice Zine Acquisitions

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 6, 2016September 6, 2016

Since the late 19th century, the New York Public Library (NYPL) has collected alternative publications, the institution’s acquisitions mirroring publishing movements over the following decades.

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Original Winnie-the-Pooh Dolls, All Stuffed with Fluff, Go Back on View

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 15, 2016August 16, 2016

Before Winnie-the-Pooh was a Disney superstar, before author A. A. Milne even considered the forest adventures of a beloved bumbling bear, he was a gift to a young boy on his first birthday.

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How Chagall, Sendak, Hockney, and Other Artists Staged the Fantasies of ‘The Magic Flute’

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 21, 2016July 22, 2016

As an opera where a colossal snake and enchanted instrument play a pivotal role, perhaps it’s no surprise Mozart’s The Magic Flute inspired some fantastic set and costume designs since its debut in 1791.

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Our Place: to the moon and back on a rocketship from Rome
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Our Place: to the moon and back on a rocketship from Rome

Tom Osgood’s final sculptures accompany design objects by his daughter Ravenna that celebrate domestic joys. On view at form & concept in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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