Parkway Central Library
A major cultural and research library with age-specific youth departments and unusually broad specialist collections.
- Children
- Largest children’s collection in the Delaware Valley
- Languages
- Children’s materials in more than 50 languages
- Teens
- Dedicated Field Teen Center for ages 12–18
- Explore
- Specialist art, map, music, rare-book, and culinary departments
Location
1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Benjamin Franklin Parkway · Directions
The official Children’s Department page identifies the Delaware Valley’s largest children’s collection, materials in more than 50 languages, and a toddler-scaled Preschool Center.
The Field Teen Center is a separate space for ages 12–18, while the central building adds art, maps, music, rare books, culinary literacy, and other subject departments.