The new building of the German National Library in Frankfurt opened in 1997.
Sources
- Nicht nur Bücher – Kunst am Bau und mehr 2 (blog.dnb.de)
- https://buchmarkt.de/2017/05/06/deutsche-nationalbibliothek-frankfurt-kunst-und-buecher/ (buchmarkt.de)
- https://www.museum-der-1000-orte.de/bauwerke/bauwerk/deutsche-nationalbibliothek (museum-der-1000-orte.de)
- https://www.buch-lady.de/2019/11/deutsche-nationalbibliothek-frankfurt.html (buch-lady.de)
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