Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the world's leading research facilities devoted to the preservation of materials on the global African and African diasporan experiences. A focal point of Harlem's cultural life, the Center also functions as the national research library in the field, providing free access to its wide-ranging noncirculating collections. It also sponsors programs and events that illuminate and illustrate the richness of black history and culture.

The Schomburg Center's collections first won international acclaim in 1926 when the personal collection of the distinguished black scholar and bibliophile Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was added to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints of the 135th Street Branch of The New York Public Library.

Schomburg subsequently served as curator of the division from 1932 until his death in 1938. The division was renamed in his honor in 1940, and in 1972 it was designated as one of the Research Libraries of The New York Public Library.

Services Include

General Research and Reference - The General Research and Reference Division contains more than 15o,ooo volumes and 85,ooo microforms. Primarily in English, they also include works in a variety of African and European languages.

Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books - The Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division enables researchers to work directly with unique, original source materials.

Art and Artifacts - The Art and Artifacts Division houses one of the most comprehensive collections of black artists' work in a research center.

Photographs and Prints - The Photographs and Prints Division includes collections of images from mid-18th-century graphics to contemporary documentary and art photographs.

Moving Image and Recorded Sound - The Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division offers a broad range of audiovisual documentation of black culture including music, oral history recordings, motion pictures, and videotapes.

Educational and Cultural Programs - Educational and Cultural Programs at the Schomburg Center complement its research services and interpret its collections. Seminars, forums, workshops, staged readings, film screenings, performing arts programs, and special events are presented on a year-round basis in its renowned Langston Hughes Auditorium.

Directions

Subway - 2 or 3 train to 135th Street

Bus - M7, M102 to 135th Street

Driving - FDR Drive to Harlem River Drive; Harlem River Drive to 135th St.; two blocks west; Interstate 87 (Major Deegan Expwy.) to Madison Ave. Bridge (138th Street Exit); one block west to Malcolm X Blvd.; turn left; proceed to 135th St.

Contact Info

515 Malcolm X Boulevard
(Enter at 103 W 135th Street)
New York, NY 10037-1801

Phone: 212.491.2200
http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg

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