Closure Notice

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To learn more about Library hours, Reading Room policies, and other helpful information to prepare for onsite research, please see our Planning a Visit guide. Be sure to create a HOLLIS Special Request account (available to Harvard and non-Harvard researchers)! You can learn more in the Requesting Materials guide.

Library Hours

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Closures

Library Hours

Library and Exhibits:
   Monday-Friday | 9:00-5:00

Reading Room:
   Monday-Friday | 10:00-4:45

Please review the current access policies before visiting.

Library Closures

Monday, Dec. 23-Wednesday, Jan. 01
    Winter Break

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025
   Reading Room opens at 11:30AM

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025
   Reading Room opens at 11:30AM

Monday, Jan. 20, 2025
   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025
   Reading Room opens at 1:00PM

Monday, Feb. 17, 2025
   Presidents’ Day

Thursday, April 10, 2025
   Reading Room closes at 2:00PM

Monday, May 26, 2025
   Memorial Day

Renovation/Temporary Reading Room Notice