Opening hours

Each year we welcome over a million visitors to our glorious heritage building in Melbourne's CBD. If you're planning a visit, here's when we're open, how to get here and our printable Library map (pdf, 4 MB).

Library opening hours

The Library is open from 10am to 6pm, seven days a week. Find out more about a COVID-safe Library.

Main public areas: Daily 10am to 6pm
Heritage Collections Reading Room: Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm;
Saturday & Sunday 10am to 6pm
The Ian Potter Queen's Hall: Daily 10am to 5pm
Victoria Gallery: Daily 10am to 6pm
Dome Galleries: Daily 10am to 5pm;
Dome Gallery 4 is temporarily closed, to reopen 27 January 2022
Cowen Gallery, including North and South Rotundas: Same as main public areas except when closed for functions.
Mr Tulk cafe: Daily 8am to 5pm
Russell Street Welcome Zone: Daily 10am to 6pm

Public holidays 2022

The Library is closed on these public holidays:

New Years – Sunday 1 January 2022
Good Friday – Friday 15 April
Christmas Day – Sunday 25 December
Boxing Day – Monday 26 December.

The Library is open from 10am to 6pm on these public holidays:

Australia Day – Wednesday 26 January
Labour Day – Monday 14 March
Easter Saturday 16 April to Easter Monday 18 April, inclusive
Anzac Day – Monday 25 April
Queen's Birthday – Monday 13 June
AFL Grand Final day – to be confirmed when the AFL schedule is released, but usually the last Friday of September
Melbourne Cup Day – Tuesday 1 November.