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Dedication Parade, New York State Education Building, Albany, 1912
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The dedication ceremony for the Education Building was celebrated in October 1912.
This impressive building with its thirty-six columns across the front was designed to represent a temple to education. Walking by the Education Building, one is drawn not only to the columns but to two statues with lamps that frame the front steps. These statues depict children reading and writing, perfect pieces of art for the Education Building.
For more than sixty years, the Education building was home to the State Museum and State Library. However, due to the lack of space, the State Museum moved to the newly-constructed Cultural Education Center in 1976, and the State Library moved to the same building in 1978.