Parking

The parking garage adjacent to the Main Library is closed until further notice. Read about the Main Library closure. 

Rooms

Main Library offers special facilities, exhibits, and research rooms. Main Library Map

• Art Gallery
• Civil Rights Room
• Conference Center
• Interlibrary Loan
• Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Margaret Ann & Walter Robinson Courtyard
• Metro Archives
• Nashville Talking Library
• Puppet Theater - home of Wishing Chair Productions
• Special Collections
• Studio NPL
• Votes for Women
• Wilson Room / East Reading Room

History

On June 9, 2001 the new 300,000 sq. ft. Main Library building designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects opened to the public.