
LOCATION AND PUBLIC HOURS
The library is located to the south of the Grand Staircase inside the museum’s Michigan Avenue entrance.
Monday–Friday 1:00–5:00
Saturday–Sunday CLOSED
Materials are paged from the stacks until 4:00 p.m.
A reference librarian is available in the Reading Room during these times to assist you with locating resources in our closed-stack collection. We encourage you to review our discovery tools prior to visiting, and to email reference@artic.edu with any questions.
The Reading Room will be closed this fall on Thursday, November 14, Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29. This winter, the Reading Room will be closed Monday, December 23, 2019, through Friday, January 3, 2020, re-opening at 1:00 on Monday, January 6. The Reading Room will also be closed on Monday, January 20 and Monday, February 17.
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