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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, one of the Library’s renowned research libraries, houses one of the world's most extensive research collections in the fields of theater, film, dance, music, and recorded sound, as well as a wide array of circulating and reference materials.

The Library for the Performing Arts is open for walk-in access to the Circulating and Research Collections. 

Accessing archival materials in the Special Collections Reading Room is available by appointment or walk-in, and requires a Special Collections Account.

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