Columbus Metropolitan Library
The Columbus Metropolitan Library is a public library system in Franklin County, Ohio, in the Columbus metropolitan area. The library serves an area of approximately 1 million residents, has a collection of 1,483,433 volumes, and circulates 17,262,267 items per year.Photo: Sixflashphoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: library system in the Columbus metropolitan area
- Also known as: “Carnegie Main Library” and “Columbus Metropolitan Library (Main)”
- Address: 96 South Grant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deaf School Park and Columbus Museum of Art.
Deaf School Park
Park
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Topiary Park is a 9.2-acre public park and garden in Columbus, Ohio's Discovery District. The park's topiary garden, officially the Topiary Garden at Old Deaf School Park, is designed to depict figures from Georges Seurat's 1884 painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
Columbus Museum of Art
Museum
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The Columbus Museum of Art is an art museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. Columbus Museum of Art is situated 1,300 feet north of Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Grant Medical Center
Hospital
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OhioHealth Grant Medical Center is a hospital in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The facility was established in 1900 as the second member hospital of OhioHealth, a not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system. Grant Medical Center is situated 600 feet southwest of Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Discovery District and Downtown Columbus.
Discovery District
Neighborhood
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The Discovery District is a special improvement district in downtown Columbus, Ohio, the home of Columbus State Community College, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus Museum of Art, and Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Downtown Columbus
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Downtown Columbus is the central business district of Columbus, Ohio. Downtown is centered on the intersection of Broad and High Streets, and encompasses all of the area inside the Inner Belt.
Columbus
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Columbus is the capital of the American state of Ohio and is located centrally within the state as the core of the Greater Columbus area. Sited in an area where the Rust Belt, Bible Belt, Appalachia, and the Farm Belt meet, Columbus is a fusion of many different parts of America.
Columbus Metropolitan Library
- Categories: library network, library district of the United States, building, and education
- Location: City of Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.96125° or 39° 57′ 41″ northLongitude
-82.98946° or 82° 59′ 22″ westElevation
771 feet (235 metres)Branch
Main LibraryOperator
Columbus Metropolitan LibraryOpen location code
86FVX266+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 231234614OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q5150078
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In Other Languages
“Columbus Metropolitan Library” goes by many names.
- German: “Columbus Metropolitan Library”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grant Medical Center heliport and Seneca Hotel.
Nearby Places
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