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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of the Yale University Library in . It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts.
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: rare book library at Yale University in New Haven, Conneticut
  • Also known as: “Beinecke Library”, “Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library”, and “Beinecke Rare Book Library”
  • Address: 121 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grove Street Cemetery and Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments.

Cemetery
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or Grove Street Burial Ground is a cemetery in , that is surrounded by the Yale University campus. It was organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground and incorporated in October 1797 to replace the crowded burial ground on the . is situated 780 feet north of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Museum
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The Yale Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments, a division of the Yale School of Music, is a museum in New Haven, . It was established in 1900 by a gift of historic keyboard instruments from Morris Steinert, and later enriched in 1960 and 1962 by the acquisition of the Belle Skinner and Emil Herrmann collections. is situated 1,000 feet east of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Park
The is the oldest area of the Yale University campus in . It is the principal residence of Yale College first years and also contains offices for the academic departments of Classics, English, History, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy. is situated 1,100 feet south of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elm Street Historic District and Downtown New Haven.

Neighborhood
is a state historic district in the area of , . The area is eligible for listing, but not yet listed, on the National Register of Historic Places.

Neighborhood
is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of , . It is made up of the original nine squares laid out in 1638 to form New Haven, including the , and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus.

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is a city in the U.S. state of . It is located on on the northern shore of . With a population of 135,319 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the , while the metropolitan area has an estimated 577,000 residents.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Latitude
41.3116° or 41° 18′ 42″ north
Longitude
-72.92732° or 72° 55′ 38″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Operator
Yale University
Open location code
87H9836F+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 114134159
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
5282166
Wiki­data ID
Q814779
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة بينيك للكتب النادرة والمخطوطات”
  • Armenian: “Բեյնեկեի հազվագյուտ գրքերի և ձեռագրերի գրադարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Beynek Nadir Kitablar və Əlyazmalar Kitabxanası”
  • Bulgarian: “Бейнеке”
  • Bulgarian: “Библиотека Бейнике за редки книги и ръкописи”
  • Catalan: “Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Beinecke de Llibres Estranys i Manuscrits”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Beinecke de llibres rars i manuscrits”
  • Chinese: “拜內克古籍善本圖書館”
  • Chinese: “拜内克古籍善本图书馆”
  • Dutch: “Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko Beinecke de Maloftaj Libroj kaj Manuskriptoj”
  • French: “Beinecke Library”
  • French: “Beinecke rare book and manuscript library”
  • French: “Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library”
  • French: “Beinecke Rare Book Library”
  • French: “Beinecke”
  • French: “Bibliotheque Beinecke de livres rares et manuscrits”
  • French: “bibliothèque Beinecke de livres rares et manuscrits”
  • French: “Bibliothèque beinecke de livres rares et manuscrits”
  • French: “Bibliothèque Beinecke de livres rares et manuscrits”
  • French: “Bibliothèque Beinecke De Livres Rares Et Manuscrits”
  • French: “Bibliothèque Beinecke”
  • Galician: “Biblioteca Beinecke de Libros Raros e Manuscritos”
  • German: “Beinecke Library”
  • German: “Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη σπανίων βιβλίων και χειρογράφων Μπέινεκε”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה לספרים עתיקים וכתבי יד של אוניברסיטת ייל”
  • Hebrew: “ספרית ביינקה”
  • Indonesian: “Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library”
  • Irish: “Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library”
  • Italian: “Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library”
  • Italian: “Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library”
  • Japanese: “Beinecke図書館”
  • Japanese: “イェール大学稀覯本図書館”
  • Japanese: “バイネキ稀覯本・手稿図書館”
  • Japanese: “バイネッキー稀書・写本ライブラリー”
  • Japanese: “バイネッキ図書館”
  • Korean: “바이네케 고문서 도서관”
  • Luxembourgish: “Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه اسناد و کتاب‌های نادر باینیکی”
  • Polish: “Beinecke Library”
  • Polish: “Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka Beinecke”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Beinecke de livros e manuscritos raros”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Beinecke de Livros Raros e Manuscritos”
  • Russian: “Библиотека редких книг и рукописей Бейнеке”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека ретких књига и рукописа Бејнек”
  • Slovenian: “Beinecke Library”
  • Slovenian: “Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library”
  • Slovenian: “Beineckejeva knjižnica za redke knjige in rokopise”
  • Slovenian: “Beineckejeva knjižnica”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Beinecke Ganne Meŋɛ & Manuscript Laabere”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Beinecke Ganne meŋɛ and Manuscript”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Beinecke Ganne Meŋɛ Laabere”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Beinecke Laabere”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca beinecke de libros raros y manuscritos”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Beinecke de libros raros y manuscritos”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Beinecke”
  • Spanish: “Libreria Beinecke de libros raros y manuscritos”
  • Spanish: “Librería Beinecke de libros raros y manuscritos”
  • Turkish: “Beinecke nadir kitaplar ve el yazmaları kütüphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Beinecke Nadir Kitaplar ve El Yazmaları Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека рідкісних книг і рукописів Бейнеке”

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