a few shelves of books and some chairs and tables with pamphlets and other reading materials. It’s like a waiting room without a doctor. Is it a church, and what does it have to do with science?

The Second Floor Reading Room has gone through many transformations since 1961. For decades it was called the Woodrow Wilson Reading Room because it housed the U.S. president’s papers about the ...

“We don’t have a personal pastor — we have the books. People can come and sit and read. They’re here for people to trust as a ...