{"id":36945,"date":"2015-09-03T17:05:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T22:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=36945"},"modified":"2018-02-28T15:21:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:21:06","slug":"6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/","title":{"rendered":"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Public Library is far from your average book lender. You&#8217;ll find a vast labyrinth of peculiarities and curious exhibitions housed in the walls of this beautiful Beaux-Arts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=hotels\/United_States--NY\/New_York--Manhattan.hd9154311\/&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manhattan<\/a> landmark &#8211; you just need to know where to find them. Here are\u00a0six things you&#8217;ll find that\u00a0you won\u2019t hear about in the guidebooks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See what the locals ate in 1850<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your kitchen drawer may be\u00a0jam-packed withChinese take-out menus, but that\u2019s <em>nothing<\/em> compared to the collection at New York\u2019s most famous library. The\u00a0NYPL has collected\u00a0upwards\u00a0of 25,000 restaurant menus, dating as far back as 1850. These menus are regularly used by chefs, novelists and researchers. Recently, a marine biologist even consulted the menus for a study of fish populations in the 1900s. You&#8217;ll need a library card to view the menus, but images of them are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library&#8217;s Digital Collection<\/a> website for those who want to see the items up close.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37917\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_McGraw-Rotunda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37917\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_McGraw-Rotunda-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"McGraw Rotunda at New York Public Library\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_McGraw-Rotunda-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_McGraw-Rotunda-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_McGraw-Rotunda-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_McGraw-Rotunda.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">McGraw Rotunda | Photo Courtesy of New York Public Library<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Sit (or drop mayo) on knowledge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you stop for lunch across the street at Bryant Park, you may very well be\u00a0oblivious to\u00a0what\u2019s below your feet. Deep underneath the soil happens to be the library\u2019s two-story book vault, which is connected to the main building by a tunnel. The vault is rarely open to the public, but that doesn&#8217;t make it any less cool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>See\u00a0a piece of New York history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before NYPL was the capital building of all things literature, it was a <a href=\"http:\/\/gothamist.com\/2010\/02\/04\/flashback_croton_reservoir.php#photo-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reservoir<\/a> for the city\u2019s main water supply. If you look hard enough, you can still see remnants of the reservoir&#8217;s foundation\u00a0on the first floor of the library, which open to the public. If manage to find yourself in a\u00a0closed-off area, take a stroll\u00a0across the upper level bridge in the South Court and look down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discover\u00a0a famous feline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unless you\u2019re lucky enough to be invited into the Berg Collection room, you might just miss Charles Dickens&#8217; unique letter opener. It was\u00a0made in memory of his cat Bob, and the great novelist had the cat&#8217;s paw stuffed and affixed to the handle. Keep an eye out because it&#8217;s pretty hard to see from the hallway\u2014and maybe also keep an eye <i>on<\/i> it, as it&#8217;s a little creepy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37916\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_WInnie-the-Pooh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37916\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_WInnie-the-Pooh-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Winnie the Pooh and Friends New York Public Library\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_WInnie-the-Pooh-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_WInnie-the-Pooh-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_WInnie-the-Pooh-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_WInnie-the-Pooh.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winnie the Pooh and Friends<br \/>Photo Credit: vagueonthehow | Flickr Creative Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Reminisce with an old childhood friend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While this beloved exhibit is currently undergoing conservation, you&#8217;ll again be able to visit Winnie the Pooh and his friends Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga and Tigger at the library later this year. The original cuddly clique were once the real toys of Christopher Milne and they subsequently inspired his father, A.A Milne, to write the children\u2019s classic. Unfortunately one member of the gang is missing: baby Roo. He was lost in an apple orchard during the 1930s. Since 1987, the five British icons have been in the good care of the NYPL. If you visit before the exhibit reopens, we suggest checking out the Mary Poppins exhibition instead.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37919\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Front-Desk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37919\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Front-Desk-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"New York Public Library\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Front-Desk-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Front-Desk-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Front-Desk-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Front-Desk.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of vincent desjardins | Flickr Creative Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Feel some Elizabethan outrage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Long before <em>50 Shades of Grey<\/em>, another racy book was the\u00a0talk of the town: the so-called <em>Wicked Bible<\/em>. Originally printed in London in 1631, this otherwise standard\u00a0version of the religious text\u00a0caused great outrage by a simple printing error. The word \u2018not\u2019 was omitted from the commandment, &#8220;Thou shalt not commit adultery,&#8221; causing a wave of outrage. It\u2019s kept in the library\u2019s collection of rare books &#8211; but worth asking a librarian for a peek! Again you&#8217;ll need a library card for this, but images of them are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library&#8217;s Digital Collection<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-34233 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blogCTA.ORB_Rewards_GetItUseIt_onad_500x150_20150424.jpg\" alt=\"Orbitz Rewards\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blogCTA.ORB_Rewards_GetItUseIt_onad_500x150_20150424.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blogCTA.ORB_Rewards_GetItUseIt_onad_500x150_20150424-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blogCTA.ORB_Rewards_GetItUseIt_onad_500x150_20150424-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Featured image courtesy of the New York Public Library.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nc_pixel\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT1lNzdlOGU5NDdhMjkyZDE2MzZlNzBjYWU1ODJmZDM0Mw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books? That&#8217;s only the beginning at New York massive public book emporium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":37920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1856],"class_list":["post-36945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","tag-destinations-2"],"acf":{"api_active":null,"api_title":null,"api_excerpt":null,"api_featured_image":null,"api_lob":null},"posts_api_cpm_point":[{"name":"","description":"","thumbnail":"","address":"New York, NY, USA","latitude":"40.7127753","longitude":"-74.0059728","icon":"\/images\/icons\/marker.png"}],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library | Orbitz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New York Public Library is more than just a warehouse for books - it\u2019s practically a museum with a host of unusual exhibits and history on show.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library | Orbitz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York Public Library is more than just a warehouse for books - it\u2019s practically a museum with a host of unusual exhibits and history on show.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orbitz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Orbitz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-03T22:05:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-28T21:21:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"705\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@orbitz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@orbitz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49eed85e53746718deb0c6139f24b389\"},\"headline\":\"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-03T22:05:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-28T21:21:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/\"},\"wordCount\":677,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"destinations\"],\"articleSection\":[\"New York\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/\",\"name\":\"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library | Orbitz\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-03T22:05:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-28T21:21:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49eed85e53746718deb0c6139f24b389\"},\"description\":\"New York Public Library is more than just a warehouse for books - it\u2019s practically a museum with a host of unusual exhibits and history on show.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg\",\"width\":1265,\"height\":843,\"caption\":\"Photo courtesy of New York Public Library\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Orbitz\",\"description\":\"Travel Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49eed85e53746718deb0c6139f24b389\",\"name\":\"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/orbitz-logo2-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/orbitz-logo2-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors\"},\"description\":\"We're the editors of this travel blog, brought to you by Orbitz!\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/author\/orbology-staff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library | Orbitz","description":"New York Public Library is more than just a warehouse for books - it\u2019s practically a museum with a host of unusual exhibits and history on show.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library | Orbitz","og_description":"New York Public Library is more than just a warehouse for books - it\u2019s practically a museum with a host of unusual exhibits and history on show.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/","og_site_name":"Orbitz","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Orbitz\/","article_published_time":"2015-09-03T22:05:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-02-28T21:21:06+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg","width":705,"height":470,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@orbitz","twitter_site":"@orbitz","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/"},"author":{"name":"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors","@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49eed85e53746718deb0c6139f24b389"},"headline":"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library","datePublished":"2015-09-03T22:05:23+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-28T21:21:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/"},"wordCount":677,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg","keywords":["destinations"],"articleSection":["New York"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/","name":"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library | Orbitz","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg","datePublished":"2015-09-03T22:05:23+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-28T21:21:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49eed85e53746718deb0c6139f24b389"},"description":"New York Public Library is more than just a warehouse for books - it\u2019s practically a museum with a host of unusual exhibits and history on show.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg","width":1265,"height":843,"caption":"Photo courtesy of New York Public Library"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-at-new-york-public-library\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"6 things you didn\u2019t know you could do at New York Public Library"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/","name":"Orbitz","description":"Travel Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49eed85e53746718deb0c6139f24b389","name":"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/orbitz-logo2-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/orbitz-logo2-150x150.png","caption":"Orbitz Travel Blog Editors"},"description":"We're the editors of this travel blog, brought to you by Orbitz!","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/author\/orbology-staff\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Orbitz_New-York-Public-Library_Lionel-Pincus-and-Princess-Firyal-Map-Division.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}