The Library for the Performing Arts is open 10:30-6 Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat and 10:30-8 Mon & Thurs . This includes the Circulating Collections on the 1st and 2nd floors as well as the 3rd floor Research Reading Rooms. The General Collections & Audio/Video materials are now available on a drop-in basis (no appointment needed). Appointments are recommended for access to archival materials in the Specia
l Collections Reading Room. You may schedule a time by meeting with a librarian via videochat or telephone using this form this form
https://libcal.nypl.org/appointments/lpa
The Music Division is one of the world's preeminent music collections, documenting the art of music in all its diversity - classical and opera as well as the whole spectrum of popular music including spirituals, ragtime, jazz, musical theater, film, rock and world music. Don't forget: Over 100,000 scores acquired prior to 1971 do not appear in our online catalog. Nearly 500,000 (half-a-million!) pieces of sheet music also do not appear in our online catalog. Email us if you have questions! Have a reference question? Email us at music at nypl.org
As with all branches and research centers of The New York Public Library, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is free.
