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Los Angeles Central Library Opens Free Docent Tours Downtown

The Richard J. Riordan Central Library in Los Angeles offers free docent tours at its downtown location.

By The Daily Los Angeles · Published July 24, 2026

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The Richard J. Riordan Central Library in downtown Los Angeles consists of two buildings the original 1926 Goodhue Building and the 1993 eight-story Tom Bradley Wing addition and is located at 630 W. 5th St. between Grand Avenue and Hope Street according to item [2].

The library spans 538000 square feet on eight floors with nearly 89 miles of shelves and contains more than 10 million items including rare genealogical publications historic photographs U.S. patents and historical maps according to item [2].

The library offers daily free docent tours plus Saturday tours of the surrounding Maguire Gardens according to item [2].

The complex is designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument number 46 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places according to item [2].

Sources: perplexity-sonar.

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