Opening hours and locations

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Our various departments offer a wide range of services, not all of which are accessible at the same times. Here you will find an overview of the reading rooms, the Special Collections and the Treasury.

Information desk

Monday - Friday

08:00 - 20:00
Saturday

09:00 - 17:00
Sunday

closed

Reading rooms P0 – P3

Monday - Friday

08:00 - 20:00
Saturday - Sunday

09:00 - 17:00

Open stacks, returns

Monday - Friday

08:00 - 20:00
Saturday

09:00 - 17:00
Sunday

closed

Special Collections – Manuscripts, Rare Books

Monday - Friday

10:00 - 18:00
Saturday

10:00 - 16:00
Sunday

closed

Please note the deadlines for preparation. Advance booking is recommended.

Special Collections – Music

Monday - Friday

10:00 - 18:00
Saturday

10:00 - 16:00
Sunday

closed

Die Musikabteilung mit Lesesaal und Freihandmagazinen befindet sich in provisorischen Räumen im 2. und 3. Stock des Lesesaals des Hauptgebäudes.

Special Collections – Prints & Drawings, Maps

Monday - Friday

14:00 - 18:00
Saturday

14:00 - 16:00
Sunday

closed

Please note the deadlines for preparation. Advance booking is recommended.

Treasury

Monday - Sunday

closed

Changed opening hours

24h return: You can return ZB media with your library card at the machine in Chorgasse.

Autumn semester examination period 2023/2024:
Mon 27.11.2023 to Sun 21.01.2024: reading room and open stacks open Mon to Fri until 10.00pm and Sat to Sun (Sundays only reading room) until 7.00pm
Christmas 2023:
Sun 24.12.2022 to Mon 25.12.2022 all areas closed.
Tue 26.12.2022 reading rooms (except Special Collections) open from 9.00am – 5.00pm.
New Year 2023/2024:
Sun 31.12.2023 all areas closed from 5.00pm.
Mon 01.01.2024 and Tue 02.01.2024 all areas closed.

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Location

Main building

Zähringerplatz 6
8001 Zürich

Tel: +41 44 268 31 00

Fax: +41 44 268 32 90

zb@zb.uzh.ch

Parking for users with restricted mobility is available in the library courtyard. Access via Zähringerplatz.

Building plan

Music Department

Zähringerplatz 6
8001 Zürich

Tel: +41 44 268 31 81

Fax: +41 44 268 32 90

musik@zb.uzh.ch

The music department with reading room and open access stacks is located in temporary rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the reading room of the main building.

Building plan