Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

This article is about the main public library of Washington, D.C. For other uses, see Martin Luther King Jr. Library (disambiguation).
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
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38°53′55″N 77°1′29″W / 38.89861°N 77.02472°W / 38.89861; -77.02472
Location901 G St. NW
Washington, D.C., United States
TypePublic library
Established1972
Architect(s)Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Mecanoo Edit this on Wikidata
Branch ofDistrict of Columbia Public Library
Collection
Size1,334,479 volume Edit this on Wikidata
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Websitedclibrary.org/mlk

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (MLKML) is the central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), constructed and named in honor of the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Its address is 901 G St. NW in Downtown Washington, D.C., with its main entrance between 9th and 10th St. on the opposite corner to Gallery Place station, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The library is located in and around the Chinatown, Mount Vernon Square, and Penn Quarter neighborhoods.[1]

  1. ^ Let's Go Washington, D.C. 13th Edition, page 73