Hours, Access, Location

 

The Library Company is free and open to the public.

 

Library Hours

 

Reading room and gallery: 9:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m., weekdays

Print room: by appointment only

 

The Library Company is closed on the following holidays in 2009:

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday, January 19

Presidents’ Day - Monday, February 16

Good Friday - Friday, April 10

Memorial Day - Monday, May 25

Independence Day - Friday, July 3

Labor Day - Monday, September 7

Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 26 & Friday, November 27

Christmas - Thursday, December 24th & Friday, December 25

 

Contact Information

 

General Information: (215) 546-3181

Reading Room: (215) 546-2465

Print Room: (215) 546-8229

Fax: (215) 546-5167

E-mail:refdept@librarycompany.org

 

Location

 

Locust Street, between Broad Street and 13th Street in Center City Philadelphia, a few blocks from City Hall and one block east of the Academy of Music. There are several parking lots nearby. (View Map)

 

SEPTA's bus routes 23, 42, 76, D, and C, its Broad Street subway, the PATCO high-speed line to New Jersey all have stops close by. The Market Street East commuter rail station (with connections to AMTRAK's 30th Street Station and the airport) is four blocks to the north.