public library

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The 19.3-acre campus includes a museum, foundation offices, a public library and recreational spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In 1960, he was arrested with seven other students after a silent demonstration in a whites-only public library, which led to the desegregation of the library.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Their paths initially crossed at the Anaheim public library, where they went to peruse its Disneyland collection.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

She married, had children and for many years worked as a librarian in a public library in upstate New York.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

He couldn’t get into the best schools, but spent so much time studying on his own at the public library in Moscow that he was given a job as a schoolteacher.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins