Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	103 West 135th Street, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York[1]
Built/Founded:	1905
Added to NRHP:	September 21, 1978
NRHP Reference#:	78001881

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is part of the New York Public Library.

The Center describes itself [1] as follows:

"The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. The Center's collections first won international acclaim in 1926 when the personal collection of the distinguished Puerto Rican-born Black scholar and bibliophile, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, was added to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints of the 135th Street Branch of The New York Public Library. Schomburg served as curator from 1932 until his death in 1938. Renamed in his honor in 1940, the collection grew steadily through the years. In 1972 it was designated as one of The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library and became the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Today, the Schomburg Center contains over 5,000,000 items and provides services and programs for constituents from the United States and abroad."

The Center is located at 515 Malcolm X Boulevard with its entrance at 103 West 135th Street.

References

It's called the Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture The correct address is 515 Malcolm X Boulevard.

See Schomburg Center's webpage: http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html

External links

• Official Website

Coordinates: 40°48′52″N 73°56′27″W / 40.814426°N 73.940864°W / 40.814426; -73.940864

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