Libraries in Manhattan

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.