If you’re a book lover, you’ve probably, at some point, dreamed of finding a place that’s filled wall-to-wall with books. Maybe it’s several stories tall, filled with beautiful walkways and little nooks to pop in and read. That dream library comes to life in the A. D. White Library at Cornell. This subsection of the Uris Library is absolute heaven for bibliophiles. It’s one of the most beautiful libraries in New York and it looks like something straight out of a movie.

This place looks like it's straight out of a magical castle. You'll feel like you are studying at Hogwarts when you walk through these aisles!
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The Cornell University Library is the 16th largest library in the country by number of volumes. All together, the library system holds 8 million printed works.
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The library system is made up of several different buildings. The A. D. White Library is a subsection of the Uris Library, which houses the library's humanities and social sciences works.
The library was designed by William Henry Miller, Cornell's first architecture student. Interestingly, he never graduated, but this is truly one of his most beautiful buildings.
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The omnipresent iron curlicues are gorgeous and make the space feel so homey and open. We love that you can still feel the sense of seclusion and peace you'd expect from a library.
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The library was originally used to house Andrew Dickson White's personal book collection. The first president of Cornell was a noted bibliophile who owned more than 30,000 volumes.
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The little nooks in between the shelves are a great place to relax, study, or just enjoy the atmosphere here.
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Like all of Cornell’s libraries, the A.D. White Library is open to the public and materials can be used on site. For more information about this incredible library in New York, check out the Cornell website.

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