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Muhlenberg Library is undergoing improvements and is not currently open to the public. It is expected to reopen in late 2024. Sign up for updates about this branch through your account, and learn more about NYPL's capital projects.
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Opened in 1906, the Muhlenberg Library is one of the 65 branches built from funds given to New York City by Andrew Carnegie. Designed by esteemed architects Carrere and Hastings, the library has served the Chelsea area for nearly a century. The branch—an elegant three-story, brick and limestone structure—is named for William Augustus Muhlenberg, the first rector of Chelsea's Church of the Holy Communion.
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