Admission free. Building open today 09:30 - 20:00
For general opening times and seasonal closures, see below.
Registration Office opening times
Exhibition, galleries & shop opening times
Building opening times
- Monday - Thursday
- 09:30 - 20:00
- Friday
- 09:30 - 18:00
- Saturday
- 09:30 - 17:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 - 17:00
(Including the Free Entrance Hall exhibition and Members’ Room.)
Seasonal Holiday (excluding Christmas and New Year) openings hours are 11:00 - 17:00, and our Reading Rooms are closed. Please see below for seasonal closures.
Reading Rooms opening times
Humanities, Science, Social Sciences, Rare Books & Music, Business & IP Centre and Newsroom
- Monday
- 10:00 - 20:00
- Tuesday - Thursday
- 09:30 - 20:00
- Friday - Saturday
- 09:30 - 17:00
- Sunday
- Closed
Asian & African Studies, Manuscripts and Maps
- Monday
- 10:00 - 17:00
- Tuesday - Saturday
- 09:30 - 17:00
- Sunday
- Closed
First time users will need to register. See the Registration Office opening times below.
Our Boston Spa Reading Room in Yorkshire is open 09:00 - 16:30 Monday - Friday.
Our Reading Rooms are closed on all Seasonal Holidays and on Easter Saturday.
Reader Registration Office opening times
- Monday
- 10:00 - 17:45
- Tuesday
- 09:30 - 19:45
- Wednesday - Thursday
- 09:30 - 17:45
- Friday
- 09:30 - 16:15
- Saturday
- 09:30 - 16:45
- Sunday
- Closed
Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the office closes.
Our Reader Registration Office is closed on all Seasonal Holidays and on Easter Saturday.
Restaurant & cafés opening times
The Terrace Restaurant
- Monday - Friday
- 09:30 - 17:00
- Saturday
- 09:30 - 16:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 - 16:30
The Coffee Shop (Upper Ground Floor)
- Monday - Thursday
- 09:30 - 19:30
- Friday
- 09:30 - 17:30
- Saturday
- 09:30 - 16:30
- Sunday
- 11:00 - 16:30
The King’s Library Café (Floor 1)
- Monday - Saturday
- 11:45 - 16:00
- Sunday
- Closed
The Last Word café (Piazza)
- Monday - Sunday
- 08:30 - 17:00
Origin Coffee, Entrance Hall
- Monday - Thursday
- 09:30 - 18:30
- Friday
- 09:30 - 18:00
- Saturday
- 09:30 - 17:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 - 17:00
Origin Coffee, Euston Road
- Monday - Thursday
- 07:30 - 18:00
- Friday
- 07:30 - 17:30
- Saturday
- 09:00 - 16:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 - 16:00
Members' Room (food served every day from 10:00 - 15:45)
- Monday - Thursday
- 09:30 - 20:00
- Friday
- 09:30 - 18:00
- Saturday
- 09:30 - 17:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 - 17:00
See Eat, Drink, Shop for full details.
Seasonal closures
On all the dates below we are open 11:00 - 17:00- Monday 6 May 2019
Building open, except Reading Rooms, Reader Registration and Boston Spa which are all closed
- Monday 27 May 2019
Building open, except Reading Rooms, Reader Registration and Boston Spa which are all closed
- Monday 26 August 2019
Building open, except Reading Rooms, Reader Registration and Boston Spa which are all closed
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