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John Carter Brown Library

The 1904 Beaux-Arts library on the green holding one of the world's great collections of early Americana: books and maps printed before 1825 about the Americas.

Guide's tip. Free, weekdays; the reading room is for scholars, the exhibitions for everyone.

On a walking tour. Stop 5 of 11 on the walking tour Brown, through the Van Wickle Gates, every stop on a map in walking order.

about 20 min for a visit