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THE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB LIBRARY

A LEADING PRIVATE MILITARY LIBRARY

 

A library was part of the Army and Navy Club's founding purpose when the Club was founded in 1891. Housed on the third floor of the clubhouse and staffed by a full-time librarian, the Library currently consists of some 15,000 titles, specializing in United States military and naval history and science. Significant ancillary collections include American foreign relations, world political history, biography, and fiction.
 
With its unique and handsome spaces, the Library is a comfortable retreat for casual or scholarly reading. A wide selection of military and naval journals, as well as other periodicals, is available in the reading room, along with major daily newspapers. Computers and wireless internet are available, and laptops are welcome. Come experience one of the most treasured libraries in Washington, D.C.

THE LIBRARY TRUST


The Army and Navy Club Library Trust was established by a trust agreement in 1981 for the purpose of "the operation and maintenance" of the Library.

The Club's art assets were subsequently transferred to the Library Trust, making it the sole custodian of the Club's cultural legacy.

The particular object of this, The Army and Navy Club, shall be the discussion of subjects relating to the military and naval services, the cultivation of social relations among the members, and the establishment and maintenance of a library and reading-room for the use of the members of the Club.


— Certificate of Incorporation, Art. III, October 5, 1891