Discover SNFL! Tour the Building with Library Staff

This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. We will meet on the 1st floor by the water fountain next to the elevators.

Discover SNFL!

Explore NYPL’s largest circulating branch in a 1-hour guided tour.

Designed to inspire, building highlights include:

• The only free, publicly accessible rooftop terrace in Midtown
• A dramatic “Long Room” with 42-foot-high atrium offering five levels of open, browsable book stacks
• Commissioned public art celebrating creativity and curiosity

Located at the site of the former Mid-Manhattan Library, the completely transformed Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) reopened in June 2021 thanks to a generous gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and support from the City of New York.

Spaces are limited for this in-person event. Registration is required for this free 60-minute tour. 

All events are subject to change or cancellation.

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