The Library will be CLOSED on Monday, October 13, 2025 in observance of Indigenous Peoples'/Columbus Day.

Friday, October 10, 2025

Open today 4 PM - 11 PM

Friday, October 10, 2025

Open today 4 PM - 11 PM

COLLECTIONS OVERVIEW

The Linda Hall Library is one of the world’s leading independent science research libraries.

Access

Our collections are available to anyone with a research or information need.

The Library holds one of the best collections of rare printed science, technology, and engineering works in the world.

Not in KC? We provide digital access to our materials on-demand to make research even easier.

Video guides to searching our catalog.

Watch collections staff highlight items from our collection.

Take a closer look at one of the Library's latest and rarest acquisitions, Mary Ward's Sketches With the Microscope.

Discover one of the Library's latest acquisitions, Liber Ignis, which contains pages printed on lead instead of paper.