To enable our community to follow the standards of social distancing mandated by public health officials, the Newberry is temporarily closed to the public through at least April 7. This is an evolving situation, and we will regularly post updates to our website.

Access more than 1 million high-res images from our collection online. Under our open access policy, these images are available for any scholarly, creative, or commercial endeavor you can dream up. We want our collections to inspire curiosity, discovery, learning, and creativity everywhere.

The Newberry’s Digital Collections for the Classroom bundle together primary sources, contextual essays, and discussion questions to enable students to explore a variety of topics, from the Great Migration and the Mexican Revolution to the Reformation and Prohibition.

Join our corps of online volunteers to help transcribe letters and diaries from our archival collections. These primary sources chronicle daily life as well as the local and national events that have upended it, like the Great Chicago Fire and US Civil War.

Each week, Newberry curators, librarians, and educators take turns sharing favorite collection items and digital learning tools live on social media.