The Historical Society of Pennsylvania's special collections library is located at 1300 Locust Street in Philadelphia and open to the public Tuesdays through Fridays.

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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania's special collections library is located at 1300 Locust Street in Philadelphia and open to the public Tuesdays through Fridays. With more than 21 million items in our collections, HSP encourages visitors to use our online catalog and collection information before your visit to make library time as productive as possible. Additionally, we strongly recommend that researchers bring a camera in case they wish to make reproductions for research purposes.

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The video below gives an introduction and orientation for visitors to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. For a complete script, click here.