George Peabody Library

"Peabody Institute Library" redirects here. For the public library of Danvers, Massachusetts, see Peabody Institute (Danvers, Massachusetts). For the public library of Peabody, Massachusetts, see Peabody Institute Library (Peabody, Massachusetts).

George Peabody Library
Interior of the George Peabody Library
39°17′50.5″N 76°36′54″W
Location	17 E. Mount Vernon Place Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Type	Academic library
Established	1878
Architect	Edmund George Lind
Collection
Size	300,000
Other information
Parent organization	Johns Hopkins University
Website	www.library.jhu.edu/library-hours/george-peabody-library/
Baltimore City Landmark
Designated	1975

The George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University, focuses on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and it is located on the Peabody campus at West Mount Vernon Place north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The collections are available for use by the general public, in keeping with Baltimore merchant and philanthropist George Peabody's goal to create a library "for the free use of all persons who desire to consult it".