Opening hours

The Swiss National Library will be closed on Thursday 29 May 2025 (Ascension).

	Monday–Friday
Library	9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Book return box (near the entrance)	7.30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Exhibition	9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Prints and Drawings Department	by appointment
Swiss Literary Archives	by appointment
Bistrot L’esprit nouveau	8.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Extraordinary closures 2025

Ascension:
Thursday 29 May 2025

Whitsun:
Monday 9 June 2025

National Day:
Friday 1 August 2025

Christmas:
Wednesday, December 24, from 1 p.m. until Friday, December 26, 2025 (inclusive)
The reading rooms of the Swiss Literary Archives and the Prints and Drawings Department will be closed from December 24, 2025, to January 5, 2026.

New Year:
Wednesday, 31 December 2025 from 1 p.m. until Friday, 2 January 2026 (inclusive)

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Last modification 15.05.2025