Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (MLKML) is the central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), it was constructed and named in honor of the American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is located in the 901 G St. NW in Downtown Washington, D.C., with its main entrance between 9th and 10th St. in the opposite corner of Gallery Place station, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The library is located in and around the Chinatown, Mount Vernon Square, and Penn Quarter neighborhoods.

This article is about the main public library of Washington, D.C. For other uses, see Martin Luther King Jr. Library (disambiguation).
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
38°53′55″N 77°1′29″W
Location901 G St. NW
Washington, D.C., United States
TypePublic library
Established1972
Architect(s)Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Mecanoo 
Branch ofDistrict of Columbia Public Library
Collection
Size1,334,479 volume 
Other information
Websitedclibrary.org/mlk
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