Research

Access and Hours

Visitor Access:

Monday-Friday 9:00-21:00
Saturday 9:00-14:30

Summer hours (August):

Mondays-Fridays 9.00-15:30
Saturday closed

Membership in the ASCSA includes 24-hour access to the Blegen Library.

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

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April 19, 2024

Video archive: Annual Open Meeting 2024

Watch a recording of our 2024 Annual Open Meeting

April 18, 2024

Hours of the Gennadius Library during the Easter Holidays

The Gennadius Library will remain closed the following days: Thursday, May 2, 2024, from 5:00 pm Friday, May 3, 2024 Saturday, May 4, 2024 Monday, May 6, 2024 Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Blegen Library hours during Easter holidays

During the Easter holiday period, the Blegen Library will be closed to visitors from Good Friday, May 3, through Easter Tuesday, May 7. On Holy Thursday, May 2, the Library will close at 17:00.

December 31, 2023

Our Year in Review - 2023

Watch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!

November 16, 2023

Kleiners Name Room in Honor of Hesperia

American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce a new major gift from Diana E. E. and Fred S. Kleiner: a room in Loring Hall named in honor of Hesperia.

During the Easter holiday period, the Library will be closed to visitors from Good Friday, May 3, through Easter Tuesday, May 7.

On Holy Thursday, May 2, the Library will close at 17:00.
Check our latest acquisitions for March (April 2, 2024).
The Blegen library will be closed to visitors on Monday, March 25, in observance of the National Holiday.
The Blegen library will remain closed to visitors on Monday, March 18, in observance of the Clean Monday Holiday.
Our latest acquisitions for January and February. (March 11, 2024)
Explore our latest acquisitions for December (January 22, 2024)
Check out our new acquisitions for October and November (December 8, 2023).
Start exploring Brill's LGGA (Lexicon of Greek Grammarians of Antiquity), the first point of reference on the ancient grammarians for scholars of Greek and Latin antiquity. (November 14, 2023)
Explore our latest acquisitions for September (October 13, 2023)
New acquisitions for August (September 8, 2023)
Check out our new acquisitions for July (August 2, 2023) Read more...