Free Library of Philadelphia

Free Library of Philadelphia
Free Library of Philadelphia
	39°57′34″N 75°10′16″W / 39.9595°N 75.1710°W
Location	1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Established	1891
Branches	55
Collection
Items collected	Chamber Music Collection; Children's Literature Research Collection; Drinker Choral Music Library; Early American Children's Books; Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music; Map Collection; ; Print and Picture Collection (largest in the U.S.A); Rare Book Collections; Sheet Music Collection; Theatre Collection
Size	4,240,304
Access and use
Population served	1,560,297
Other information
Director	Kelly Richards
Website	http://www.freelibrary.org/

The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system that serves Philadelphia.^[2] It is the 16th-largest public library system in the United States.^[3] The Free Library of Philadelphia is a non-Mayoral agency of the City of Philadelphia governed by an independent Board of Trustees as per the Charter of the City of Philadelphia.^[4] The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation is a separate 501c3 non-profit with its own board of directors and serves to support the mission of the Free Library of Philadelphia through philanthropic dollars.^[5]

^ "Philadelphia 2015: The State of the City" (PDF). The Pew Charitable Trusts. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on 2019-01-01.
^ "The Nation's Largest Public Libraries: Top 25 Rankings". American Library Association. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^ "Free Library of Philadelphia, Board of Trustees of the".
^ "Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation". Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2016-11-30.

[1] "Philadelphia 2015: The State of the City" (PDF). The Pew Charitable Trusts. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

[2] "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on 2019-01-01.

[3] "The Nation's Largest Public Libraries: Top 25 Rankings". American Library Association. Retrieved July 14, 2023.

[4] "Free Library of Philadelphia, Board of Trustees of the".

[5] "Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation". Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2016-11-30.

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