George Peabody Library

The George Peabody Library is a library connected to the Johns Hopkins University, focused on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and is located on the Peabody campus at in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere historic cultural neighborhood north of downtown , .
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: Research library in Baltimore, Maryland, US
  • Also known as: “Johns Hopkins University George Peabody Library”, “Johns Hopkins University Peabody Institute Library”, “Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore”, “Peabody Institute Library”, “Peabody Library”, and “Sheridan Libraries George Peabody Library”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Walters Art Museum and Washington Monument.

Museum
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The is a public art museum located in the neighborhood of , . Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters. is situated 380 feet southwest of George Peabody Library.

Monument
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The is the centerpiece of intersecting Mount Vernon Place and Washington Place, an urban square in the neighborhood north of downtown Baltimore, . It was the first major to honor George Washington.

Church
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and Asbury House is a historic United Methodist church located at 2-10 Mount Vernon Place, in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Chinatown.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, located immediately north of the city's . It is named for George Washington's estate in , as the site of the city's .

Neighborhood
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The U.S. city of , is home to a small . Historically, Baltimore had at least two districts that were called "Chinatown" where the first one existed on the 200 block of Marion Street during the 1880s.

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is 's central business district and seat of the city government. While home to some iconic Baltimore architecture, and the city's economic heart, visitors, and even locals, tend to keep their distance from this often seedy and decidedly unloved city center, unless they are going to the Baltimore Arena, the Hippodrome Theatre, or visiting Poe's grave at Westminster Hall.

George Peabody Library

Latitude
39.2972° or 39° 17′ 50″ north
Longitude
-76.61505° or 76° 36′ 54″ west
Operator
Johns Hopkins University
Open location code
87F579WM+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9358732867
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q5543273
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“George Peabody Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة جورج بيبودي”
  • Basque: “George Peabody Liburutegia”
  • Catalan: “George Peabody Library”
  • Chinese: “喬治皮博迪圖書館”
  • Dutch: “George Peabody Library”
  • French: “George Peabody Library”
  • Friulian: “George Peabody Library”
  • German: “George Peabody Library”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית ג’ורג‘ פיבודי”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית ג’ורג’ פיבודי”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית מכון פיבודי”
  • Italian: “George Peabody Library”
  • Japanese: “ジョージ・ピーボディ図書館”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه جرج پیبادی”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka George’a Peabody’ego”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Джорджа Пибоди”
  • Spanish: “George Peabody Library”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека Джорджа Пібоді”
  • Venetian: “George Peabody Library”

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