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Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library

The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books, is the centerpiece of the Harvard Library system. It honors 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector Harry Elkins Widener, and was built by his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: primary building of the library system of Harvard University
  • Also known as: “Widener” and “Widener Library”
  • Address: 31, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Houghton Library and Harvard Art Museums.

Library
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, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library, , and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts.

Museum
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The are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. is situated 690 feet east of Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library.

Museum
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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the , the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. is situated 580 feet east of Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.

Neighborhood
, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the on the south, and JFK Street on the west.

Neighborhood
, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of . It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.

Neighborhood
, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of , United States.

Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library

Latitude
42.37347° or 42° 22′ 25″ north
Longitude
-71.11649° or 71° 6′ 59″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Inception
1915
Operator
Harvard University
Named after
Harry Elkins Widener
Open location code
87JC9VFM+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29725638
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
4938932
Wiki­data ID
Q1060854
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Slovenian—“Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة ويدنر”
  • Armenian: “Ուայդեների գրադարան”
  • Chinese: “图书馆”
  • Chinese: “懷德納圖書館”
  • French: “bibliothèque Widener”
  • French: “Bibliothèque Widener”
  • French: “Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library”
  • French: “Widener Library”
  • German: “Harvard University Library”
  • German: “Universitätsbibliothek Harvard”
  • German: “Widener Library”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη Γουάιντενερ”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית ווידנר”
  • Japanese: “ワイドナー図書館”
  • Japanese: “ワイドナー記念図書館”
  • Korean: “와이드너 기념 도서관”
  • Korean: “와이드너 기념도서관”
  • Korean: “와이드너 도서관”
  • Korean: “위드너 도서관”
  • Korean: “해리 엘킨스 와이드너 기념 도서관”
  • Korean: “해리 엘킨스 와이드너 기념도서관”
  • Korean: “해리 엘킨스 와이드너 메모리얼 도서관”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Widener Library”
  • Slovenian: “Widener Library”
  • “Widener Library”

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