College Library

College Library is a rare book and manuscript library of national and international significance. It houses more than 150,000 printed and manuscript volumes, literary manuscripts, autograph letters, prints and drawings, which range in date from the 10th to the 21st centuries.

Materials from the collections are displayed in rotating exhibitions at Eton and are loaned to exhibitions in the United Kingdom and abroad. The library is open by appointment to visiting scholars, and it is also used for teaching pupils at Eton and visiting groups from other schools.

The College Archives are housed in College Library and are administered by the College Archivist.

College Library & Archives welcome visitors to explore the collections and to make use of the following:

• readers' room for researchers
• on-site and remote reference services
• regularly changing exhibitions
• specialist group and school visits
• imaging services (for image requests, please contact the Collections Administrator)

Opening Times:

Monday-Friday, 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-5pm, by appointment only

Closed on bank holidays and between Christmas and New Year