The Hurley Music Library is on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana, a small Methodist-affiliated college located in the northwest corner of the state. The school has nationally recognized programs in music, theatre, dance, and art, and serves as regional center for the arts in the Ark-La-Tex tristate area (all of the major arts organizations in the area either rehearse, meet, or center their activities at the Centenary College campus). The Hurley Music Library is the only branch library on the campus, and it has been housed in its own building, adjacent to the Hurley School of Music, since 1990. The Hurley Library owns special collections in musical theatre and opera, and it has musical instruments from West Africa on permanent display. Because of these collections, the library has been called the region's “hidden musical treasure” (Shreveport-Bossier Forum News, 30 July 1997).