Upcoming Exhibitions

• The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter

  Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
  June 21, 2013 - January 19, 2014

  The ABC of It is an examination of why children’s books are important: what and how do they teach children, and what do they reveal about the societies that produced them? Through a dynamic array of objects and activities, the exhibition celebrates the extraordinary richness, 

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Community Showcases

Select locations provide space to community groups, organizations or individuals to showcase works that the Library determines will further its mission.

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  Basement Sanctuaries by Gesche Würfel

  Inwood
  May 31, 2013 - June 27, 2013

  Artist Gesche Würfel presents Basement Sanctuaries, a photo project that explores the ways in which superintendents decorate basements of apartment buildings in Inwood and Washington Heights. In doing so, the artist illuminates the process of migrant adaptation to the metropolis from an 

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