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Founded in 1887, the Newberry Library is one of Chicago's most iconic cultural institutions. Our collections, programs, and exhibitions are a portal to more than six centuries of human history, from the Middle Ages to the present. This history lives on at the Newberry, where you can access some 1.6 million books, 600,000 maps, and 5 million manuscript pages documenting life in Europe and the Americas. A small fraction of these treasures appear in the Newberry's exhibition galleries. We can help you discover the rest in our reading rooms, program spaces, and classrooms.

Newberry Library

This library is one of the city's most iconic cultural institutions. The collections, programs, and exhibitions are a portal to more than six centuries of human history, from the Middle Ages to the present. This history lives on where some 1.6 million books, 600,000 maps, and 5 million manuscript pages documenting life in Europe and the Americas can be accessed. A small fraction of these treasures appear in the exhibition galleries. The staff will help its guests in discovering the rest in the reading rooms, program spaces, and classrooms.