Visit and Study
Visitors without Yale affiliation may sign up for borrowing privileges and register to access special collections in the designated reading rooms.
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 - 10pm
- BeineckeClosed Closed Memorial Day
- Center for British ArtClosed
- Classics9am - 5pm
- Cushing/Whitney MedicalClosed (Memorial Day)
- DivinityClosed
- Gilmore Music8:30am - 8pm
- Haas Family ArtsClosed Memorial Day
- Lewis WalpoleClosed
- Lillian Goldman LawClosed University Holiday.
- Marx Science and Social ScienceClosed Memorial Day
- MathematicsClosed
- Sterling8:30am - 5pm Memorial Day
- Film ArchiveClosed Memorial Day
- Manuscripts and ArchivesClosed
