Bracken Library
The Alexander M. Bracken Library is the main library on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Opened in September 1975 and designed by Walter Scholer and Associates and the Perkins and Will Partnership of Chicago, the 320,000-square-foot facility is located in the geographic center of the Ball State University campus and is distinguishable for its unique, Brutalist architecture.Photo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: academic library at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana
- Also known as: “Alexander M. Bracken Library”, “Ball State University Library”, and “University Libraries”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frog Baby Fountain and John R. Emens College-Community Auditorium.
Frog Baby Fountain
Fountain
Frog Baby Fountain is a statue set in the middle of a fountain on the Ball State University campus. It is known as a sign of good luck and is a popular meeting place.
John R. Emens College-Community Auditorium
Theater building
The John R. Emens College-Community Auditorium, or Emens Auditorium, is an auditorium on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, United States. John R. Emens College-Community Auditorium is situated 470 feet south of Bracken Library.
David Owsley Museum of Art
Museum
The David Owsley Museum of Art is a university art museum located in the Fine Arts building on the campus of Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, the United States of America. David Owsley Museum of Art is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Bracken Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muncie and West Muncie.
Muncie
Photo: Kpaul.mallasch, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Muncie, named after the "Munsee" clan of Lenape people and home to Ball State University, is a city in the east of Central Indiana. It was an industrial titan in its time but then felt the effects of deindustrialization.
West Muncie
Hamlet
Yorktown is a town in Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,548 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Muncie, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. West Muncie is situated 4½ miles southwest of Bracken Library.
Cammack
Hamlet
Cammack is an unincorporated community in Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana. Cammack is situated 4½ miles west of Bracken Library.
Bracken Library
- Categories: academic library, publishing house, building, and education
- Location: Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.20246° or 40° 12′ 9″ northLongitude
-85.40711° or 85° 24′ 26″ westOperator
Ball State UniversityOpen location code
86GP6H2V+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 149464009OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q14688307
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In Other Languages
“Bracken Library” goes by many names.
- French: “Bracken Library”
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Highlights include Pruis Hall and The Atrium.
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