Opening hours

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ULB Central Library

Krummer Timpen 3, 48143 Münster
Directions | Subject experts

Library
MonFri: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
SatSun: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. *

Deviating times:

  • Open stacks (basement levels) | Infos
    • MonFri: 8 a.m. – 9.30 p.m.
      SatSun: 10 a.m. – 7.30 p.m. *
  • Registration / library card matters | Infos
    • MonFri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
      and by arrangement
  • Information | Infos
    • MonFri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • Manuscript reading room | Infos
    • Mon: 12 noon – 5 p.m.
      TueFri: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
  • DigiLab | Infos
    • MonFri: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
  • Thesis office | Infos
    • MonFri: 9 a.m. – 12 noon
      or by appointment
  • *To meet the increased demand for learning and working places during the exam periods, the Central Library is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the weekend as well around the respective end of lectures. The open stacks in the basement levels are open from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekends during these periods.
    In 2024, these extended opening hours apply from Jan to 11 Feb and from 24 June to 28 Jul.

Closing days of the ULB Central Library 2024

  • 1 January (Mon), New Year
  • 12 February (Mon), Carnival Monday
  • 29 March – 1 April (FriMon), Easter
  • 1 May (Wed), May Day
  • 9 May (Thu), Ascension Day
  • 19 & 20 May (Sun & Mon), Pentecost
  • 30 May (Thu), Corpus Christi
  • 3 October (Thu), anniversary of German unification
  • 1 November (Fri), All Saints' Day
  • 21 – 31 December (SatTue), Christmas holidays / energy-saving mode