Lamont Library
Lamont Library, in the southeast corner of Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, houses the Harvard Library's primary undergraduate collection in humanities and social sciences.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Email: lamcirc@fas.harvard.edu
- Type: Library
- Description: library
- Also known as: “Lamont”
- Address: 11 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Houghton Library and Harvard Art Museums.
Houghton Library
Library
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Houghton Library, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library, Lamont Library, and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts.
Harvard Art Museums
Museum
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The Harvard Art Museums 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 Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Harvard Art Museums is situated 630 feet northeast of Lamont Library.
Fogg Museum
Museum
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The Harvard Art Museums 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 Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Fogg Museum is situated 510 feet northeast of Lamont Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.
Riverside
Neighborhood
Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the Charles River on the south, and JFK Street on the west.
Mid-Cambridge
Neighborhood
Mid-Cambridge, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the Somerville border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.
Baldwin
Neighborhood
Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Lamont Library
- Categories: building, university building, and education
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.37277° or 42° 22′ 22″ northLongitude
-71.11548° or 71° 6′ 56″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Inception
1948Operator
Harvard UniversityNamed after
Thomas W. LamontOpen location code
87JC9VFM+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 29634503OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=university
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In Other Languages
“Lamont Library” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “拉蒙特图书馆”
- Chinese: “拉蒙特圖書館”
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