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The main concern was the preservation of the documents within it.
This tower can hold 180,000 volumes and contains valuable collection that are generally off-limits, except to librarians.
Two large marble staircases ascend up to the mezzanine level that allows people to move around the glass tower.
Beinecke library is open to all Yale students and faculty, as well as visiting researchers.
Voynich Manuscript.Photo credit
The original Gutenburg Bible.Photo credit
Sources:Wikipedia/Yale University/Archdaily/SOM
