This gorgeous place it’s not just a library, it is a museum. The outside of the building is beautiful, but wait until you get inside…it’s breath taking. It is everything you have heard or seen of, and more. It’s more magical than words can describe.
The entry hall is spectacular. The marble floors and the staircases take you back in time, to scenes from movies we all love. Every room and every nook…tell their own story, waiting just to be discovered. The architecture inside is magnificent: bronzed ceilings, soaring rotundas, beautiful archways, marble pillars, chandeliers. Everything is perfect.
The famous Rose Main Reading Room is lined with thousands of books and long oak tables, lit by elegant bronze lamps. The ceiling is decorated by murals of vibrant skies and clouds.
The large wall panels with photographs, objects and text describing the history and the services and collections, are well done and very informative.
Lucky New Yorkers to have such a gem at their doorsteps! I envy you. I’ll definitely be back in the near future 
