Duke University

Duke University is a private university in Durham, North Carolina.

Libraries and museums

With over 5 million volumes, the Duke library system is one of the ten largest private university library systems in the United States. The library also contains 17.7 million manuscripts, 1.2 million public documents, and tens of thousands of films and videos. Besides the main library, Perkins Library, the university also contains the separately administered Business (Ford), Divinity, Law, and Medicine Libraries.http://library.duke.edu/about/

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Library - United States - Manuscripts - Public documents - Films - Videos - Business - Divinity - Law - Medicine

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Perkins Library

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Perkins Library is the main Duke library system and has seven branches on campus. They are: Biological & Environmental Science Library, Chemistry Library, Lilly Library (which houses materials on Fine Arts, Philosophy, Film & Video, and Performing Arts), Music Library, Pearse Memorial Library (which is located at the Duke University Marine Lab and contains related materials), and Vesic Library (which contains materials related to Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics). The University Archives and Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections are also considered part of the Perkins Library system.

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Biological - Environmental Science - Chemistry - Fine Arts - Philosophy - Film - Video - Performing Arts - Music - Duke University Marine Lab - Engineering - Mathematics - Physics - Archives - Rare Book - Manuscript

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Nasher Museum of Art

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The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University is a new art museum opened in the fall of 2005 which replaced the undersized Duke University Museum of Art (DUMA). The museum was designed by Rafael Viñoly and will house the University's art collections as well as some classrooms and an auditorium.

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Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University - 2005 - Rafael Viñoly

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