Building Guide: Library for the Performing Arts

A floor-by-floor breakdown of collections and services in the Library for the Performing Arts.

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Begin your work at the 2nd floor reference desks. Materials from the Research Collections are accessed on the 3rd floor. 

Amsterdam (L) Level

• Bruno Walter Auditorium

• Vincent Astor Gallery

First Floor (Plaza Level)

• Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery

• Information Desk

• Circulation Desk (including Popular Songbooks)

• Internet Stations (public access)

• Listening and Multimedia Stations

• Orchestra Collection

• Circulating DVDs, Videos, CDs (Recorded Sound and Moving Image Collection)

Second Floor

• Miriam and Harold Steinberg Reading Room: Reference for Circulating Drama, Film, Dance; Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Reserve Film and Video Collection; Books, Periodicals, Play Index.

• Robert W. Wilson Music Circulating Collection Reading Room: Reference for Circulating Music, Music Division, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, Books, Scores, Periodicals, Song Index.

• Popular Songbook assistance

• Circulating Music, Drama, Film, Dance, Arts Administration Collections

• Reserve Film and Video Collection

• Public Copiers

• Change Machine

• Copy Card Dispenser

Third Floor

• Research Collections

• Jerome Robbins Dance Division

• Music Division

• Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

• Billy Rose Theatre Division

• Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) Archive and screening room

• Katharine Cornell-Guthrie McClintic Special Collections Reading Room

• Seating for Paged Research Materials

• Viewing and Listening Stations

• Reserve Film and Video Collection Film Study Room

• Microfilm Readers

• Open Shelf Reference

• Self-Copying Service