Editing Fisher Fine Arts Library (section)

== Current Use ==

The building now houses Penn's fine arts library, with collections in art history, architecture, and related fields serving students and scholars. The reading room provides study space whose architectural quality distinguishes it from generic library facilities. The building's location within Penn's campus makes it accessible to the university community while its architectural distinction attracts visitors interested in Furness's work.<ref name="thomas"/>

Renovation and expansion projects have adapted the building for contemporary library needs—electronic resources, climate control, accessibility—while preserving its essential character. The building demonstrates that historic libraries can serve twenty-first-century scholarly requirements without sacrificing the qualities that make them architecturally significant. Fisher Fine Arts Library continues the scholarly purposes for which it was built, in spaces that honor those purposes through architectural excellence.<ref name="lewis"/>