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Seattle Central Library

The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story glass and steel in the of , was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Thursday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Friday—Monday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: main branch library in downtown Seattle
  • Also known as: “The Seattle Public Library - Central Library”
  • Address: 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse and Seattle Art Museum.

Courthouse
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The is a federal courthouse in Seattle, Washington primarily used by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. is situated 370 feet northeast of Seattle Central Library.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in , , United States. The museum operates three major facilities: its main museum in ; the in , Capitol Hill; and Olympic Sculpture Park on the central Seattle waterfront, which opened in 2007. is situated 1,500 feet west of Seattle Central Library.

Work of art
is a fountain and sculpture by George Tsutakawa, installed out the Seattle Central Library, in the U.S. state of Washington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Seattle and Seattle.

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Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, Downtown unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district.

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, sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the . Occupying a narrow isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is the biggest city in the , with 780,000 people in and over four million people in the metro area.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in , Washington, United States. It is named for the hill on which it is located, which in turn is so named for being the encountered while traveling east from downtown Seattle toward .

Seattle Central Library

Latitude
47.60669° or 47° 36′ 24″ north
Longitude
-122.33265° or 122° 19′ 58″ west
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
Inception
May 23rd, 2004
Levels
11
Height
197 feet (60 metres)
Branch
Central Library
Operator
Seattle Public Library
Open location code
84VVJM48+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 37056442
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7200219
Wiki­data ID
Q2531939
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Seattle Central Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة سياتل المركزية”
  • Catalan: “Seattle Central Library”
  • Chinese: “西雅图中央图书馆”
  • Chinese: “西雅圖中央圖書館”
  • Dutch: “Seattle Central Library”
  • Esperanto: “Seatla Centra Biblioteko”
  • French: “Bibliotheque centrale de Seattle”
  • French: “bibliothèque centrale de Seattle”
  • French: “Bibliothèque centrale de Seattle”
  • French: “Bibliothèque de Seattle”
  • French: “Bibliothèque municipale de Seattle”
  • French: “Seattle central library”
  • French: “Seattle Public Library”
  • German: “Seattle Central Library”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה המרכזית של סיאטל”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca centrale di Seattle”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Centrale di Seattle”
  • Japanese: “シアトル公共図書館”
  • Korean: “시애틀 도서관”
  • Korean: “중앙 도서관”
  • Malayalam: “സിയാറ്റ്ൽ സെൻട്രൽ ലൈബ്രറി”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه مرکزی سیاتل”
  • Persian: “کتابخانهٔ مرکزی سیاتل”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه مرکزی شهر سیاتل”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه مرکزی شهر سیتل”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Central de Seattle”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Centrală din Seattle”
  • Russian: “Центральная библиотека Сиэтла”
  • Slovenian: “Centralna knjižnica Seattle”
  • Slovenian: “Seattle Central Library”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Central de Seattle”
  • Turkish: “Seattle Merkez Kütüphanesi”

Localities in the Area

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