Thomas J. Watson Library
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| Established | 1965 |
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| Location | 1000 5th Ave, New York City, US |
| Coordinates | 40°46′45″N 73°57′47″W / 40.779165°N 73.962928°W |
| Type | Non-circulating research library |
| Collection size | 1,020,000 |
| Director | Ken Soehner (Chief Librarian) |
| Chairperson | Olivier Berggruen |
| Public transit access | Subway: to 86th Street Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M79, M86 |
| Website | Library website |
The Thomas J. Watson Library is the research library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in the main building The Met Fifth Avenue. This library is not just home to extensive resources and materials on the decorative arts and architecture, but it also home to the many histories of art, with substantial holdings in modern European, ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Asian, and Islamic art.
The Watson Library is named after Thomas J. Watson, the former chairman and CEO of IBM from 1951 to 1956. In addition to funding the library building that bears his name, Thomas J. Watson also endowed a book purchase fund and financed early automation projects in New York.