August 30, 2009 (REVISED Sept. 3, 2009) Labor Day Holiday Hours of Operation; Website and Catalog Maintenance

Public Hours

The Great Hall, exhibitions and the Library Shop within the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress will be will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009.

Visitors may enter the Jefferson Building after 8:30 a.m. via the upper or lower level First Street S.E. entrances, as well as the Capitol Visitors Center tunnel. All other entrances, exits and tunnels will be closed.

In observance of the federal Labor Day holiday, all other Library buildings and Reading Rooms will be closed. All Library of Congress facilities are closed on Sundays. Normal access to all Library buildings will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

Website and Catalog Maintenance

The Library's websites and catalogs will be unavailable from 8 p.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 4 through 8 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 5, due to scheduled maintenance. We regret any inconvenience.