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 - Sunday

09:00 - 17:00

Reading rooms P0 – P3

Monday - Friday

08:00 - 22:00
Saturday - Sunday

09:00 - 19:00

Open stacks

Monday - Friday

08:00 - 22:00
Saturday

09:00 - 19:00
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 Collectios – Prints & Drawings

Monday - Friday

14:00 - 18:00
Saturday

14:00 - 16:00
Sunday

closed

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

Special Collection – Maps

Monday - Friday

14:00 - 18:00
Saturday

14:00 - 16:00
Sunday

closed

Please note the deadlines for preparation. Advance booking is recommended. Entrance to the map department: 1st floor in the Predigerchor.

Special Collection – Music

Monday - Friday

10:00 - 18:00
Saturday

10:00 - 16:00
Sunday

closed

Please note the deadlines for preparation. Entrance to the music department with reading room and open stacks: 5th floor in the Predigerchor.

Treasury

Monday - Friday

13:00 - 18:00
Saturday

13:00 - 16:00
Sunday

closed

ZB, Bibliothek des Musikwissenschaftlichen Instituts der UZH

Monday - Friday

09:00 - 12:30

13:30 - 17:00
Saturday - Sunday

closed

Closed on Friday afternoons during the lecture-free period

Changed opening hours

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

Spring semester examination period 2026:
Mon 04.05.2026 to Sun 05.07.2026: Workstations in the reading room (ground floor to 3rd floor) are open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 10 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 7 pm
Open stacks and lending services are open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 10 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm, closed on Sundays.
The information desk and special collections are open during regular opening hours.
Whitsun 2026:
Sun 24.05.2026 all areas closed.
Mon 25.05.2026 Reading room open from 9 am to 7 pm Information desk, open stacks, lending service and special collections closed.
Summer months 2026:
On Sundays from 12.07.2026 to 06.09.2026 the ZB remains closed.
National holiday 2026:
Sat 01.08.2026 all areas closed.
Building revision from 15.08. to 23.08.2026 (no learning places available):
All special collections will be closed during this period.
Saturday, 15 August 2026, ZB completely closed
Sunday, 16 August 2026, ZB completely closed
Monday, 17 August – Friday, 21 August 2026, 8 am – 6 pm:
Loans, returns, courier services, information desk and research stations, as well as the open-access stacks.
Saturday, 22 August 2026, ZB completely closed
Sunday, 23 August 2026, ZB completely closed
Autumn semester examination period 2026/2027:
Mon 23.11.2026 to Sun 17.01.2027: Workstations in the reading room (ground floor to 3rd floor) are open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 10 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 7 pm
Open stacks and lending services are open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 10 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm, closed on Sundays.
The information desk and special collections are open during regular opening hours.
Christmas 2026:
Thu 24.12.2026 to Fri 25.12.2026: completely closed
Sat 26.12.2026: reading rooms open 9 am - 7 pm Information desk, open-access stacks, lending and special collections: closed.
New Year 2026/2027:
Thu 31.12.2026: completely closed from 5 pm
Fri 1.1.2026 toSat 2.1.2026: completely closed
Closing times of the library of the UZH Institute of Musicology, Florhof site:
Christmas/turn of the year 2025-2026: Mon, 22.12.25 to Fri, 2.1.26 closed
Lecture-free period: Mon, 5.1.26 to Fri, 13.2.26 Friday afternoon closed
Maundy Thursday: Thu, 2.4.26 closed from 4 pm
Good Friday/Easter Monday: Fri, 3.4.26 to Mon, 6.4.26 closed
Easter vacation: Fri, 10.4.26 closed Friday afternoon
Sechseläuten: Mon, 20.4.26 closed
Labour Day: Fri, 1.5.26 closed
Ascension Day: Wed, 13.5.26 closed from 4 pm & Thu, 14.5.26 closed
Whit Monday: Mon, 25.5.26 closed
Lecture-free period: Mon, 1.6.26 to Fri, 11.9.26 Friday afternoon closed
Christmas/turn of the year 2026-2027: Mon, 21.12.26 to Fri, 1.1.27 closed