Reading Room Christmas opening hours

Planning to visit the Reading Rooms over Christmas? We’ve updated our opening hours, so take a look before you come.

Published date:: 7 December 2018

Tuesday 24 – Friday 27 December - The British Library in St Pancras and our site in Boston Spa, Yorkshire will be closed

Saturday 28 December - These Reading Rooms will be open 9.30 – 17.00

Humanities 1

Humanities 2

Rare Books & Music

Manuscripts

Newsroom

Science 2

Science 3

Social Sciences

Asian & African Studies

These Reading Rooms will be closed:

Business and IP, Maps and Boston Spa

Sunday 29 December – All Reading Rooms closed

Monday 30 December – All Reading Rooms open as normal

Tuesday 31 December – All Reading Rooms open 09.30 – 17.00

Wednesday 1 January – The Library in St Pancras and Boston Spa will be closed

Pre-ordered items for 27 or 28 December?

Please contact Customer Services at Customer-Services@bl.uk who may be able to reserve your items for longer or transfer them to another Reading Room. You can also speak to a member of staff in any Reading Room for help.

You can check the availability of items online before visiting the Library, in addition to our item delivery times over Christmas.

We look forward to seeing you again, either over Christmas or when our opening hours go back to normal from 2 January 2020.

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