Using the Schomburg Center

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is committed to enabling all readers with physical disabilities to take full advantage of the Library's resources.

As a service to researchers, and to improve the study environment for all, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture provides a supervised, no-fee checkroom. It is located on the first floor, near the entrance.

You can have items from the Jean Blackwell Hutson General Research and Reference Division closed stacks or offsite materials from the collections of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Library and the Science, Industry & Business Library waiting for you when you arrive. Just phone or e-mail your requests. Exact call numbers are required.

Email, write, call or visit for research assistance.

Registration is required for consultation of materials in the Art and Artifacts Division, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division and the Photograph and Prints Division.