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Widener Library

College Library and Library
Mid-Cambridge, Cambridge
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    "Don't talk in the 3-West stacks reading room!"(2 Tips)
    Matthew T.
    "Coffee in the basement"(2 Tips)
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  • Kat .
    Kat 🐱February 8, 2016
    Only Harvard students can access.
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityOctober 12, 2011
    “The slow overture of rain,Each drop breakingWithout breaking intoThe next, describesThe unrelenting, syncopatedMind.”Jorie Graham, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, From “Mind”
    Upvoted 2 weeks ago
  • Pearson - Always Learning
    The place to go for humanities students, the Widener holds one of the largest research collections in the world.
  • Léna L.
    Léna Le RollandNovember 8, 2018
    Most definitely a must see. Loved strolling in the basement, feels a bit like Hogwarts!!
  • Hard R.
    Hard RockerSeptember 22, 2014
    Awesome library. Goes seven floors below ground level.
  • Margaret M.
    Margaret MyersMarch 20, 2014
    Big, scary. Don't forget that nobody cares that you don't know where you're going!
  • Constantin W.
    Constantin WOctober 1, 2016
    Been here 10+ times
    Nice Reading corners in the Upper Hall ends!
  • Stefania D.
    Stefania DrugaJanuary 31, 2019
    Been here 5+ times
    Large working area on the second floor
  • Angelo F.
    Angelo FernandoAugust 25, 2010
    That Gutenberg Bible hardly looks its age. This is how all libraries ought to be set up. No cell phones, lots of natural light..
  • Ali C.
    Ali CJanuary 15, 2012
    Best library in the world...if you can get in.
  • Darrian W.
    Darrian WattsJune 7, 2012
    This library is only the tip of the iceberg ;)
  • PnPPhat S.
    PnPPhat S.January 16, 2012
    the largest university library system in the world
  • Roger S.heart icon on user image
    Roger SchonfeldAugust 8, 2014
    Big staircase.
  • Peter B.heart icon on user image
    Peter BoyceOctober 7, 2011
    Been here 25+ times
    Secret reading room = study sanctuary
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityDecember 8, 2009
    Widener Library opened in 1915, a memorial to Harvard alum and book collector Harry Elkins Widener '07 who perished on the Titanic. Read more
  • Jeff D.
    Jeff DunnMarch 26, 2010
    Must visit before leaving Harvard....
  • Dipa Photon P.
    Dipa Photon ProjectAugust 22, 2010
    silent please...sssttttt.... :p
  • Graham W.
    Graham WebsterJanuary 28, 2010
    Been here 25+ times
    Don't talk in the 3-West stacks reading room!
  • Ann
    AnnMarch 9, 2010
    Simply the best.
  • Rendy E.
    Rendy EdoSeptember 22, 2010
    nice library
  • Matthew T.
    Matthew TilleardApril 18, 2010
    Been here 10+ times
    Coffee in the basement
  • Daniel T.
    Daniel TorranoJanuary 24, 2012
    Hasta la historio del hombre lobo conseguis
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