The Spirit of Inquiry
Within Waterdeep, most curated collections of information and artifacts are private or semi-private; locales such as the Font of Knowledge or the Wonderbringer's Repository are the purview of a god's clergy, while others like the or the Handmaid of History Hall of Flags are the sole property of a noble family.
The Spirit of Inquiry exists as a more egalitarian alternative and is Waterdeep's first public municipal library and museum, built and funded to a large degree by House Kader but ultimately run by the city of Waterdeep.
The library is split between fiction and non-fiction works and houses a multitude of public and private reading rooms, as books must be read on site and are not available for loans. Also included are lecture halls of varying sizes, which are rented out to members of the public. The museum largely focuses on the history—both cultural and natural—of Waterdeep and the wider Sword Coast.