Visit and Study
Yale Library access is limited to current Yale students, faculty, and staff. A current Yale ID is required for entry, and masks must be worn at all times in library spaces. We regret that we cannot welcome other visitors at this time due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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 - 5pm
- Beinecke
- Center for British Art10am - 3pm
- Classics9am - 5pm
- Cushing/Whitney Medical7:30am - 10pm
- Divinity8:30am - 4:50pm
- Gilmore Music8:30am - 5pm
- Haas Family Arts8:30am - 5pm
- Lewis Walpole8:30am - 4:45pm
- Lillian Goldman LawYLS Community Only: 8am - 2am
- Marx Science and Social Science8:30am - 7pm
- Mathematics8:30am - 5pm
- Sterling8:30am - 5pm
- Film ArchiveClosed
- Manuscripts and Archives9am - 4:30pm
