Visit and Study

Yale Library welcomes visitors to public spaces at many of our 12 libraries and locations during designated hours. For other spaces and times, access is limited to Yale ID holders. Visitors may sign up for accounts to use or borrow from our general collections. Visiting researchers are welcome to use Yale Library Special Collections with advance registration. Please note: Our hours and access may shift on short notice in response to weather or other circumstances. Check hours on our website before coming to campus. Hours listed in Google are not always accurate.

Libraries and Locations

Today's Hours

  • Bass
    8:30am - 2am
  • Beinecke Library
    10am - 6:30pm; Exhibitions open until 7pm
  • Classics
    8:30am - 9pm
  • Cushing/Whitney Medical
    7:30am - 12am
  • Divinity
    8:30am - 10pm
  • Gilmore Music
    8:30am - 12am
  • Haas Family Arts
    8:30am - 11pm
  • Lewis Walpole
    10am - 4:45pm
  • Lillian Goldman Law
    8am - 2am (YLS Community Only)
  • Marx Library
    8:30am - 11pm
  • Sterling Library
    8:30am - 12am
  • Yale Center for British Art
  • Film Archive
    12pm - 9pm
  • Manuscripts and Archives
    10am - 6:30pm