Visit and Study
The public spaces of Sterling Memorial Library, Bass Library, and Beinecke Library have reopened to visitors. See our COVID updates for information on stack access and borrowing privileges.
Sterling Memorial Library
Inside Yale’s largest library
Opened in 1931, Sterling is Yale’s largest library and a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture. At the heart of central campus, Sterling houses a 14-story book tower, reading rooms, library administration, the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, several smaller libraries and special collections, the library’s Department of Area Studies and Humanities, and more. Sterling is connected by a tunnel to Bass Library, the starting point for undergraduate research support and library instruction.
Libraries and Locations
Visit Information
Today's Hours
- Bass8:30am - 2am
- Beinecke10am - 4:30pm
- Center for British Art
- Classics8:30am - 9pm
- Cushing/Whitney Medical7:30am - 12am
- Divinity8:30am - 9:45pm
- Gilmore Music8:30am - 12am
- Haas Family Arts8:30am - 11pm
- Lewis Walpole10am - 4:45pm
- Lillian Goldman Law8am - 8pm; 8pm – midnight: YLS Community Only (after 8pm)
- Marx Science and Social Science8:30am - 11pm
- Mathematics8:30am - 5pm
- Sterling8:30am - 12am
- Film Archive10am - 9pm
- Manuscripts and Archives10am - 4:30pm
