Opening hours

	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 2026

Easter:
Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April 2026

Ascension:
Thursday 14 May 2026

Whitsun:
Monday 25 May 2026

Christmas:
Thursday, December 24, from 1 p.m. until Friday, December 25, 2026 (inclusive)
The reading rooms of the Swiss Literary Archives and the Prints and Drawings Department will be closed from 24 December 2026 to 3 January 2027.

New Year:
Thursday, 31 December 2026 from 1 p.m. until Friday, 1 January 2027 (inclusive)

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Last modification 06.01.2026