For the Love of Carnegie Libraries

Help preserve and celebrate the legacy of Carnegie Libraries by sharing your own photographs and personal stories about the libraries you’ve visited. We’ll feature selected user-generated submissions on this site.

Visit our companion website, Carnegie Libraries Across America, to view an interactive map and archival records of the nearly 1,700 libraries across America that Andrew Carnegie helped fund.

Learn about Carnegie Libraries 250, our special initiative commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with gifts of $10,000 to about 1,280 Carnegie Libraries across the country.

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A Carnegie Library Road Trip

Journalist Mark McDonald submitted a collection of photos and stories about his travels to more than 150 Carnegie Libraries in the United States. What he saw and learned, he says, made him proud to be an American.

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Carnegie Libraries Across America

Use our interactive map, based on historical records, to learn about the nearly 1,700 public libraries Andrew Carnegie built in the United States. Discover materials from Carnegie’s archives for each location and help preserve and extend the legacy of these institutions by submitting your own photographs and personal stories about the Carnegie Libraries you’ve visited.

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