On cue, Apple Carnegie Library and the new DC History Center opened yesterday morning, returning the library to the Washington, D.C. community as a center for learning, discovery and creativity. Our report covers more photos and a video of the newly opened D.C. facilities.

Yesterday morning hundreds of people joined together to celebrate the restoration of the historic building to the Washington D.C. community.

Washington D.C. community.

The photo above shows the basement that contains a galary that displays historic photographs and documents for the publick to learn about the origins and history of the building.

Both the photos above are from a collection of photos captured by Katishi Maake of the Washington BizJournal. You can view their full collection of photos of the Apple Carnegie Library here.

Many other photos can be viewed in Apple’s press release here. Below is one of those photos that includes Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail + People, joining the store team to welcome in some of the first customers.