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Coming soon: explore 250 years of the United States at NYPL. 💫

Stay tuned this summer for the release of a limited-edition library card, a new list of 250 books that illuminate the American experience, a chance to add your own story to the Library’s collections, exhibitions, and more.

As an institution dedicated to democratic access to knowledge—and home to some of the country’s most important founding documents—The New York Public Library will mark the occasion with exhibitions, public programs, educational offerings, and reading lists.

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This April, celebrate NYPL’s World Literature & Arts Festival with the little ones in your life! We invite families with children ages 0–5 to experience music, movement, and multilingual fun.

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Ramadan is a holy month centered on reflection, remembrance, and reading, particularly of the Qur’an honored by Muslims around the world.

As Muslims in NYC prepare to celebrate Chaand Raat tonight and Eid al-Fitr, explore this lavishly illuminated double page in a blue and gold palette found at the beginning of the opening sūras (chapters) of the Qur’an, surrounds the main text in Arabic, with an interlinear translation in Farsi in red ink, reflecting the ways the text circulated and has been understood across communities and languages.

📕 Sūrat al-Fātiḥah and beginning of Sūrat al-Baqarah in a 19th century Qur’an manuscript, probably copied in Iran.

Underseen Archives: Portrait Photographs by Robert H. Davis | The New York Public Library Davis photographed subjects interviewed for his New York Sun column as well as his own social circle of artists, authors, and journalists.