Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_library
gptkbp:access by appointment only
gptkbp:architecturalStyle eclectic
gptkbp:collectionSize over 50,000 volumes
gptkbp:established 2002
gptkbp:features art installations
secret doors
floating platforms
glass bridges
multi-level bookshelves
gptkbp:focus history of human invention and imagination
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Jay_S._Walker
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ridgefield,_Connecticut,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaAppearance gptkb:CBS_Sunday_Morning
gptkb:TED_Talks
gptkb:Wired_magazine
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:first_edition_of_Copernicus's_De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium
first edition of Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica
first edition of Darwin's On the Origin of Species
first edition of Euclid's Elements
first edition of Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius
first edition of Gutenberg Bible leaf
first edition of Newton's Principia Mathematica
first edition of Shakespeare's First Folio
first edition of Thomas More's Utopia
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Jay_S._Walker
gptkbp:website https://walkerlibrary.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jay_Walker
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7