 The Karpeles Library is the world's largest private holding of important original manuscripts & documents. The archives include Literature, Science, Religion, History and Art. Among the treasures are... The original draft of the Bill of Rights of the United States, The original manuscript of The Wedding March, Einstein's description of his Theory of Relativity, The Thanksgiving Proclamation signed by George Washington, Roget's Thesaurus, Webster's Dictionary and over one million more.
The Library provides special educational programs and lectures for schools at all levels. The most popular of these are the Cultural Literacy Program and the School Outreach Program. In addition, Mini-Museums are maintained in many universities, secondary schools and grade schools throughout the country. These are free programs and any grade school, secondary school, college or university may participate.
The Library includes nine museums:
Santa Barbara, California
Tacoma/Seattle, Washington
Newburgh, New York
Jacksonville, Florida
Duluth, Minnesota
Charleston, South Carolina
Buffalo, New York (Porter Hall)
Buffalo, New York (North Hall)
Shreveport, Louisiana
Each of the museums, except Montecito, presents a daily general exhibit throughout the year. In addition, each of the museums provides one or more special scheduled exhibits.
Site: www.rain.org/~karpeles/
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