Want to See the Epstein Files in Print? Here Are the 3,437 Volumes.

It may be the most unlikely new tourist attraction in New York: a generic TriBeCa gallery space, dotted with a few small plants and wingback chairs, and arrayed with tall green curtains. But for the next week, that space will be lined with millions of law enforcement documents related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious sex offender, a case that has both fascinated and repulsed many Americans. Since opening last weekend, the exhibition has attracted a steady stream of visitors to 101 Reade Street, just blocks from where Epstein was found dead inside his cell in 2019 while awaiting trial . The files, printed and bound, take up 3,437 volumes, each about two inches thick; all told, they weigh more than eight tons, according to David Garrett, one of the exhibition’s backers. While the project’s name — the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room — is purposefully provocative, Garrett said that one of its primary goals was to break through the online static of looking at the some 3.5 million documents, photographs and videos released by the Department of Justice in late January. …