Celebrate the opening of The Negro Motorist Green Book exhibit at DC Public Library with a weekend full of immersive activities, live performances, local history and more. Saturday, Nov. 2 | Get a ...

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Below you’ll discover five exceptional books that I probably wouldn’t have read. How did they end up on my reading on-deck circle? Thanks to roughly two hours a day I spend commuting on WMATA buses ...

The DC Public Library has acquired the Exposed DC Photography Collection, an archive of more than 600 digital images capturing life in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Documenting nearly two decades ...

Did you know there is a Civic Season? Led by museums and libraries around the country, Civic Season is two weeks every year devoted to programs and events the build our civic skills between the Fourth ...

The Memory Lab provides equipment for personal archiving of documents, home movies and photographs. It's a do-it-yourself (DIY) model, meaning we provide step-by-step instructions, but you control the ...

For African Americans traveling during segregation in the United States, a flat tire or an empty gas tank could be fatal. Trips required careful planning and knowledge of welcoming places to sleep, ...

Create our 2025 bookmarks! Submit your design for the 2025 Southwest Library bookmark by Dec. 1. Winners will receive a gift card to Politics & Prose and have their design printed and available for ...

The District of Columbia Public Library was created in 1896 by an Act of Congress. It was set up as an independent agency that would serve as the “people’s university.” Congress established a Board of ...

Visit one of DC Public Library's 26 locations around the city! Discover your new favorite book, explore our countless services, and participate in programming geared towards kids, teens, adults and ...

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The Tenley-Friendship Library is located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Northwest DC. The award-winning library opened in January 2011 and features a number of environmentally-friendly elements ...