Museum · Downtown New Haven
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
121 Wall Street, Bridgeport 06511
Yale's rare-book library is housed in a translucent marble-and-bronze building on Hewitt Quadrangle. It is open to the public for exhibitions in its central tower and mezzanine gallery, and hosts readings, lectures and receptions.
Permanent exhibitions
- Gutenberg Bible on permanent display
- Audubon's Birds of America, a page turned regularly
- Central glass tower of rare books seen through translucent marble walls
