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Connecticut’s oldest independent circulating library and one of the last remaining membership libraries in North America

Founded in 1826, the Institute Library provides quiet reading areas, a large circulating collection of up-to-date literature, unique programming and rich opportunities to engage with members and the surrounding neighborhoods of downtown New Haven.

“mutual assistance in the attainment of useful knowledge” 

{Amateur Hour #17 – Vigilante Superhero Phoenix Jones – March 27, 2015 – Hosted by Jack Hitt and Josh Foer – Photo by Judy Sirota Rosenthal}