Join the New York Chapter of ARLIS/NA for a tour of the Grolier Club. Jamie Cumby, Librarian of the Grolier Club, will provide a behind-the-scenes tour of the clubhouse, and a show-and-tell of library materials.
Founded in 1884, the Grolier Club is America's oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and is a unique library, museum and clubhouse. It is headquartered in a 1917 Georgian Revival building designed by club member and noted architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. In the public galleries and members-only spaces, highlights include a Dutch Colonial-style tavern and a soaring Neoclassical research library with 100,000 volumes that shed light on how the printed word and image have disseminated information for millennia.
This tour will be capped at 20 participants and registration is limited to members of ARLIS/NA's New York Chapter.
If you have any questions about the visit, feel free to reach out to Joey Vincennie, Programming Coordinator at vincennie@frick.org.
Image ID: A photograph of a researcher studying in the Grolier Club's Library.
