Parkway Central Library
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39.9595°N 75.1710°W / 39.9595; -75.1710
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Parkway Central Library | |
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Location | 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103 |
Established | June 2, 1927; 96 years ago (June 2, 1927) |
Branches | 54 |
Collection | |
Items collected | Automobile Reference Collection Chamber Music Collection Children's Literature Research Collection Drinker Choral Music Library Early American Children's Books Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music Map Collection Print and Picture Collection Rare Book Collections Sheet Music Collection Theatre Collection |
Access and use | |
Population served | 1,560,297[1] |
Other information | |
Director | Kelly Richards |
Website | https://libwww.freelibrary.org/locations/parkway-central-library |
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For other uses, see Central library.
Parkway Central Library also known as Free Library or Central Library is the main public library building and administrative headquarters of the Free Library of Philadelphia system. It is the largest library, and only research library, of 54 library branches in the Free Library system.
The library opened on Vine Street in Philadelphia in 1927. Four stories and the ground floor are open to the public. The main entrance steps are on Vine Street, between 19th and 20th Street.[2]