Here's a brief video tour of the Antiquarium bookstore in Omaha, Nebraska. I've spent days of my life in this place, buying music, books and comics. The bulk of my collection of "Heavy Metal" comic magazine was purchased at this place. For Omaha, this place is very progressive politically, hosting meetings of activist groups like Youth for Peace. The very top floor has always served as an art gallery, but as you'll see in this video, now also seems to be a meeting room.So glad to see this place still exists after all these years. Not only does it merely exist, but it is apparently expanding. When I visited this time, in December 2005, there was a new expansion at the back of the first and second floors, a balconied room with high ceilings.
Tags: Omaha, books, bookstore, Old Market, Nebraska
5 comments:
That's a f@cking awesome library!!!!
Never been ther,e but wathcing the video makes you want to go!
Heyyyy I didnt saw any library!!! Just heard Ed voice!!!! weres the moovie?????
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Gisela
I live in Omaha - the Antiquarium is a great bookstore, with a great atmosphere for books, art, music, etc...Should also note in the basement is a music shop with hundreds of old Jazz LP's (yes vinyl, remember those?) and a ton of used CDs (jazz, punk, you name it).
A few blocks from the Antiquarium is The Jackson Street Bookseller, which has grown into the equal of the Antiquarium in terms of quality and hard to find books. You might check it out next time.
See ya.
The Antiquarium has always been my favorite place as well...unfortunately it's going to be gone within a year. They are moving about 70 miles south, to a small town I believe is called Brownville. They expect to be moved by September of 07. I learned this last time I drove down there, which was November of 06. Too many people who just love the place, not enough people spend money there. It's just too expensive to exist in an increasingly gentrified old market.
im lucky to live in omaha, and have bought several things frum the aniquarium, sad they are movin
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