Visit the Schomburg Center
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, one of The New York Public Library’s renowned research libraries, is a world-leading cultural institution devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diaspora, and African experiences.
To learn about the Schomburg Center’s research divisions and other services, explore our resources for researchers. Please note: division hours may vary.
The Schomburg Center is open for onsite visits to view our exhibition, visit Schomburg Shop, and for research.
Opening Friday, January 14 at 12 noon, explore our new in-person exhibition Boundless: 10 Years of Seeding Black Comic Futures. It documents the Black Comic Book Festival’s evolution through photographs, memorabilia, creator highlights, comic book reading stations, and clips from past festival programs.
The Center’s collection of comic books and graphic novels, dating back to the golden age of comic books, will be deployed to illuminate the long history of Black comics and sequential art creators, and the ongoing motivations to render humor, struggle, irony, and futurism steeped in a Black aesthetic.
Our in-person exhibition Subversion & The Art of Slavery Abolition has been extended through Saturday, January 22, 2022. It’s open Monday through Saturday, 10:30 AM until 4:30 PM. No reservation is needed.
We are not scheduling group tours at this time.
