1. Today’s Caturday offering gives you three felines for the price of one (the price, as with everything at the Library, is, of course, free). This is a 1907 book illustration from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection by the one and only Beatrix Potter - who will be featured in an upcoming, amazing, free exhibition at the Library called The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter. It will open to the pubic on Friday, June 21 - be sure to come to our 42nd Street Library and check it out. A Beatrix Potter drawing will be in the show, along with recordings of E.B. White reading excerpts of Charlotte’s Web, a manuscript of The Secret Garden, the copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that Lewis Carroll gave to the woman who inspired the character, and much, much more. The exhibition explores children’s literature and why it has been - and continues to be - so important to individuals, and to society as a whole. So mark your calendars to June 21 - and happy Caturday!

    Today’s Caturday offering gives you three felines for the price of one (the price, as with everything at the Library, is, of course, free). This is a 1907 book illustration from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection by the one and only Beatrix Potter - who will be featured in an upcoming, amazing, free exhibition at the Library called The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter. It will open to the pubic on Friday, June 21 - be sure to come to our 42nd Street Library and check it out. A Beatrix Potter drawing will be in the show, along with recordings of E.B. White reading excerpts of Charlotte’s Web, a manuscript of The Secret Garden, the copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that Lewis Carroll gave to the woman who inspired the character, and much, much more. The exhibition explores children’s literature and why it has been - and continues to be - so important to individuals, and to society as a whole. So mark your calendars to June 21 - and happy Caturday!

  2. Well, the weather here in New York City has been sort of terrible, so in honor of it raining CATS and dogs, here is chic 1922 French image from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection of a little cat, staring up at his well-dressed servant, who is standing statue-esque near an umbrella holder. It’s not the most direct connection, but it’s a connection, nonetheless (and the cat is super adorable). Happy Caturday, all. Stay dry!

    Well, the weather here in New York City has been sort of terrible, so in honor of it raining CATS and dogs, here is chic 1922 French image from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection of a little cat, staring up at his well-dressed servant, who is standing statue-esque near an umbrella holder. It’s not the most direct connection, but it’s a connection, nonetheless (and the cat is super adorable). Happy Caturday, all. Stay dry!

  3. This super artsy Caturday is brought to you by the Library’s Prints Collection. This black and white print — called “Tete de Chat” — was created sometime between 1866 and 1878, and was etched by Felix Bracquemond. While it’s a beautiful image, the cat does look a little down - maybe because he knows that the NYPL is closed for Memorial Day this weekend. But never fear, little kitty, we’ll be back open Tuesday. Happy long weekend, and happy Caturday! 

    This super artsy Caturday is brought to you by the Library’s Prints Collection. This black and white print — called “Tete de Chat” — was created sometime between 1866 and 1878, and was etched by Felix Bracquemond. While it’s a beautiful image, the cat does look a little down - maybe because he knows that the NYPL is closed for Memorial Day this weekend. But never fear, little kitty, we’ll be back open Tuesday. Happy long weekend, and happy Caturday! 

  4. Today’s Caturday is brought to you by the Music Division of our Library for the Performing Arts. This score for the song “Kitty” appeared in the music supplement of the New York American and Journal exactly 111 years ago today (or, more precisely, on May 18, 1902). The artwork features both a cat (of course) and a mouse in a tuxedo. That’s an obvious win. So happy Caturday! And, by the way, if you’re into music, the Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center) has two totally FREE exhibitions you should check out today, or soon - American Sabor: Latinos in US Popular Music and 100 Years of Flamenco In NY (check out the NY Times review of Flamenco). 

    Today’s Caturday is brought to you by the Music Division of our Library for the Performing Arts. This score for the song “Kitty” appeared in the music supplement of the New York American and Journal exactly 111 years ago today (or, more precisely, on May 18, 1902). The artwork features both a cat (of course) and a mouse in a tuxedo. That’s an obvious win. So happy Caturday! And, by the way, if you’re into music, the Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center) has two totally FREE exhibitions you should check out today, or soon - American Sabor: Latinos in US Popular Music and 100 Years of Flamenco In NY (check out the NY Times review of Flamenco). 

  5. Here is an image just purrrfect for a Mother’s Day edition of Caturday - it’s a 1907 Beatrix Potter illustration from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection showing a feline mother doing what moms do: taking care of her baby (in this case, Tom Kitten). Happy Mother’s Day (and happy Caturday) to all! By the way, need a last-minute Mother’s Day gift? Check out our Library Shop!

    Here is an image just purrrfect for a Mother’s Day edition of Caturday - it’s a 1907 Beatrix Potter illustration from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection showing a feline mother doing what moms do: taking care of her baby (in this case, Tom Kitten). Happy Mother’s Day (and happy Caturday) to all! By the way, need a last-minute Mother’s Day gift? Check out our Library Shop!

  6. The Secret Museum: The treasures too fragile or too precious to go on display →

    NYPL is featured in a new book by Molly Oldfield called The Secret Museum, which highlights fascinating some fascinating objects located in “museums” around the world… including Charles Dickens very intriguing letter opener, which is in NYPL’s Berg Collection. Read all about it!

    Writer Molly Oldfield has delved into the vast collections of objects stored away and rarely exhibited

  7. The folks at JYHS Library made our lives easy today, finding a purrrrrfect picture for our weekly Caturday contribution. Yes, you should use your school library … AND your local neighborhood branch (we’ve got 91 locations)! Here in NYC, we actually work with public schools to supplement materials, so … go libraries!  jyhslibrary: Curiosity and the cat @your school library

    The folks at JYHS Library made our lives easy today, finding a purrrrrfect picture for our weekly Caturday contribution. Yes, you should use your school library … AND your local neighborhood branch (we’ve got 91 locations)! Here in NYC, we actually work with public schools to supplement materials, so … go libraries! 

    jyhslibrary:

    Curiosity and the cat @your school library

    (Source: suricatem)

  8. Everyone now … “awwww.” What better way to celebrate Caturday than with a photo of a cute kid sitting with a cute cat? This image is from the Library’s 1964 World’s Fair collection in our Manuscripts and Archives Division (a collection that is the basis for the Library’s free app Biblion), and is quite appropriate, since we at the Library have babies on the brain - a baby boy was actually born in our Clason’s Point branch Thursday! Shout out to employee Wanda Luzon, who helped bring the little guy into the world, right inside the entrance of the Bronx branch! Check out the story as told by the New York Post, NBC and CBS. And, of course, happy Caturday!

    Everyone now … “awwww.” What better way to celebrate Caturday than with a photo of a cute kid sitting with a cute cat? This image is from the Library’s 1964 World’s Fair collection in our Manuscripts and Archives Division (a collection that is the basis for the Library’s free app Biblion), and is quite appropriate, since we at the Library have babies on the brain - a baby boy was actually born in our Clason’s Point branch Thursday! Shout out to employee Wanda Luzon, who helped bring the little guy into the world, right inside the entrance of the Bronx branch! Check out the story as told by the New York Post, NBC and CBS. And, of course, happy Caturday!

  9. It’s (supposedly) spring, and in its honor, this week’s Caturday features a chic, French feline stopping to smell the roses (or some other kind of flower). This 1869 work by French artist Edouard Manet is currently in the Library’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs (which anyone can come and use). So - since it’s actually still cold out - drop by The New York Public Library’s landmark building on 42nd Street to stop, smell the roses, and check out fine art. And happy Caturday! 

    It’s (supposedly) spring, and in its honor, this week’s Caturday features a chic, French feline stopping to smell the roses (or some other kind of flower). This 1869 work by French artist Edouard Manet is currently in the Library’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs (which anyone can come and use). So - since it’s actually still cold out - drop by The New York Public Library’s landmark building on 42nd Street to stop, smell the roses, and check out fine art. And happy Caturday! 

  10. This weekend is St. Patrick’s Day, and there will be much celebrating in New York City (starting today, with the St. Paddy’s Day Parade, which you can watch online and will march right past our landmark 42nd Street building), so for a festive Caturday, we’re sharing this 1885 image by legendary artist Rudolph Caldecott, which depicts a (very odd) celebration. The image - located in our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection - features a kind of angry looking cat and the fiddle (as in “hey, diddle, diddle”) and several children happily dancing (including the one in the front, who is either very, very tiny, or a doll that’s sort of alive. It’s unclear). Meanwhile, an adult in the background is serving the food and looking on with an expression of, “Yeah. This is normal and happens all the time.” Gotta love it. Happy Caturday!

    This weekend is St. Patrick’s Day, and there will be much celebrating in New York City (starting today, with the St. Paddy’s Day Parade, which you can watch online and will march right past our landmark 42nd Street building), so for a festive Caturday, we’re sharing this 1885 image by legendary artist Rudolph Caldecott, which depicts a (very odd) celebration. The image - located in our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection - features a kind of angry looking cat and the fiddle (as in “hey, diddle, diddle”) and several children happily dancing (including the one in the front, who is either very, very tiny, or a doll that’s sort of alive. It’s unclear). Meanwhile, an adult in the background is serving the food and looking on with an expression of, “Yeah. This is normal and happens all the time.” Gotta love it. Happy Caturday!