The Menu Collection of The New York Public Library

Where to Go for Additional Information

Rare Books Division, Humanities and Social Sciences Library

General Research Division, Humanities and Social Sciences Library

More Collections

Other menu collections in the New York City Area are listed below. Please contact the institution directly.

Culinary Institute of America, Conrad N. Hilton Library

Library, Manuscript and Ephemera Collections, Museum of the City of New York

New York Historical Society

Selected Internet Sites

• City College of San Francisco, Alice Statler Libary Menu Collection
  http://www.ccsf.edu/Library/alice/AliceStatlerMenu/menuindex.html
  An overview of the Menu Collection at the Alice Statler Library. Images of some of the menus are available.



• Cornell University, The Nestle Library, Menu Collection
  http://www.nestlelib.cornell.edu/research/specialcollections/menus/
  A database of the menus held in the Rare Menu Collection, as well as a description of the collection. Images of actual menus are available.



• Los Angeles Public Library, Menu Collection
  http://www.lapl.org/resources/en/menu_collection.html
  A database of the menus held in the Rare Books Division of the Los Angeles Public Library. Images of actual menus are available.



• Menu Collection of the New York Public Library
  http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/menus/index.html
  "The New York Public Library owns one of the largest historical collections of menus in the world, held in the Rare Books Division."



• University of Washington, Historic Menu Collection
  http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/MenuPHColl617.xml
  A finding aid of menus held in Special Collections. Many of the menus have also been digitized.