Blegen Library

Blegen Library, founded in 1888, is one of the world's premier research libraries for classical studies and archaeology. Its collection, covering aspects of Greek civilization from earliest prehistory to late antiquity, includes more than 122,000 books and periodicals. Our mission is to develop and maintain a first rank research collection in support of the academic programs, membership, and cooperating institutions of the ASCSA, and of the hundreds of qualified scholars who use the library as visitors.

If you're a first-time visitor, please click here to learn how to obtain a visitor's card and start exploring our collection.

For any inquiries contact us at blegenlibrarian@ascsa.edu.gr  or Ask a Librarian 

    Highlights

•  From August 1st through August 31st, the Blegen Library will be open to visitors Mondays through Fridays from 09:00 to 15:30 and will be closed on Saturdays.

• Check out our new acquisitions for June (July 9, 2024).

• The Blegen library will be closed to visitors on Thursday July 4, 2024, in observance of Independence Day.

• Oxford bibliographies: From June 17 until July 31, 2024 the Blegen and Gennadius Libraries will conduct a trial for a selection of Oxford Bibliographies categories (Art history, Biblical studies, Classics, etc.)

• The Blegen library will be closed to visitors on Monday June 24, 2024 in observance of Pentecost Monday.

• Explore our latest acquisitions for May (June 14, 2024)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Read more...