When the new Apple flagship store opens in the Carnegie Library, it won’t be the only place in the Mount Vernon Square building for visitors to explore.

The Historical Society of Washington D.C. is returning to the building, where it will open the DC History Center on the second floor, including a remodeled Kiplinger Research Library (the collection holds 4,000 rare photos, maps, prints, and paintings of the District), three exhibit spaces, and a new gift shop.

The historical society was founded in 1894 and specializes in collecting and contextualizing treasures from D.C.’s past. It has made its headquarters at the Carnegie Library since 2003. When the city’s sports and entertainment authority Events DC brokered its own lease for the building in 2011, that included a provision allowing for the continued presence of the historical society. Events DC finalized an agreement with Apple to lease the building to the tech company in 2016, and during the renovations, the Historical Society of Washington D.C. set up shop at the Newseum.

Now, the Carnegie Library is nearly ready to reopen, with the flagship Apple store and offerings from the DC History Center making for an interesting contrast. “We’re trying to remind people that the analog world is just as significant as the digital world,” says John Suau, the society’s executive director.

The building will draw in an estimated 1 million visitors annually, and Suau is hoping many of them will take a gander beyond the Apple Store. “We’re really quite happy with the fact that we’re going to see a much larger visibility in the context of what the Apple partnership has done to the building,” he says.

For instance, the remodeling of the library is inspired by the idea of a town square. Much like a visitor’s center, it’s slated to be filled with maps that guide guests to other historical parts of D.C. that they should visit. Suau says that the Carnegie Library is looking incredible: “Everyone’s going to say, ‘This is not the building I remember.'”

Among the three exhibit spaces, the north gallery will feature the D.C. Hall of History, a timeline of the District that depicts key events in local history.

Other offerings include a rotating exhibit space titled “The Big Picture,” which is a collection of 3,500 panoramic images. Guests will have the opportunity to explore the details of 70-75 digitized images of school groups, social groups, and other communities that were documented through these images. They may also get to submit contemporary digital images that will be screened in the exhibit itself, Suau says.

And in the Carnegie Gallery, visitors will take a deep dive into the historic building itself, which was a gift from Andrew Carnegie and served as the city’s first public library, as well as D.C.’s first fully integrated public building. “You’ll experience the history of this building like you’ve never seen it before,” says Suau.

While the DC History Center is new, Suau says the historic society’s mission has not changed. “We always like to identify and take knowledge of changes that happen [in D.C.] and make sure these are preserved as well,” he says. “We’re making sure we’re not just preserving historical documents but also making sure things are available way in the future.”

There isn’t an exact date for the grand reopening, but Suau says that they’ll have a better sense of the timeline “soon.”