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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018-2788
(917) 275-6975

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Hours for individual divisions vary. Not all Schwarzman Building divisions are open on Sundays.

  • Emmet Collection Online Image

    Explore the Emmet Collection: thousands of manuscripts from America's founding available online for the first time.

Often referred to as the "main branch," the Beaux-Arts landmark building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street houses outstanding research collections in the humanities and social sciences as well as a circulating children’s collection.  The non-circulating graduate-level collections were initially formed from the consolidation of the Astor and Lenox Libraries, and have evolved into one of the world's preeminent public resources for the study of human thought, action, and experience -- from anthropology and archaeology, to religion, sports, world history, and literature.
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