Hennepin County Library - Minneapolis Central

The stunning Hennepin County Library - Minneapolis Central is conveniently located in downtown Minneapolis between Hennepin Avenue, the city's arts and theater district, and Nicollet Mall, the backbone of the city's business and shopping districts. Designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli, the 353,000-square-foot building features an eye-catching canopy roof that projects over the Hennepin and Nicollet entrances, a combination of transparent and translucent glass with seasonal Minnesota imagery such as water, snow, trees and prairie grass, an 18,560-square-foot "green" roof planted with low-growing, sun- and drought-resistant ground cover and 140,000 square feet of underground parking. Designed to reflect residents' civic pride and deep commitment to education and literacy, Minneapolis Central Library offers nearly 100 percent access to its collection, the center of the third largest per capita public library collection of any major city in America with a collection of more than 2.4 million items--including books, DVDs, music, government documents and more.