Several libraries of photos?

I have been using iPhoto for many years. A few years ago, I broke my a giant library in separate for each year.  It was a tedious process but was well worth because iPhoto has been so bogged down with the size of the library.  I realize in iPhoto is endangered and I plan to move on to the Photos.  Is it possible to create multiple libraries? I guess I'll have performance issues even if I try to put all my pictures in a picture library.

kliles wrote:

...  Is it possible to create multiple libraries? ...

Not sure it is a good idea in most cases but see below to adjust the size of your photo library to work with iCloud photo library on your Mac - Apple Support

  1. Hold down the Option key when opening pictures.
  2. Choose create new.
  3. Import the contents of your library to create a new library, smaller.

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