Opening hours

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ULB Central Library

Krummer Timpen 3, 48143 Münster
Directions | Subject experts

Library
MonFri: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
SatSun: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. *

Deviating times:

  • Open stacks (basement levels) | Infos
    • MonFri: 8 a.m. – 9.30 p.m.
      SatSun: 10 a.m. – 7.30 p.m. *
  • Registration / library card matters | Infos
    • MonFri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
      and by arrangement
  • Information | Infos
    • MonFri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • Manuscript reading room | Infos
    • Mon: 12 noon – 5 p.m.
      TueFri: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
  • DigiLab | Infos
    • MonFri: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
  • Thesis office | Infos
    • MonFri: 9 a.m. – 12 noon
      or by appointment
  • *To meet the increased demand for learning and working places during the exam periods, the Central Library is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the weekend as well around the respective end of lectures. The open stacks in the basement levels are open from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekends during these periods.
    In 2025, these extended opening hours apply from Jan to 9 Feb and from 23 June to 27 Jul.

Closing days of the ULB Central Library 2024

  • 1 January (Mon), New Year
  • 12 February (Mon), Carnival Monday
  • 29 March – 1 April (FriMon), Easter
  • 1 May (Wed), May Day
  • 9 May (Thu), Ascension Day
  • 19 & 20 May (Sun & Mon), Pentecost
  • 30 May (Thu), Corpus Christi
  • 3 October (Thu), anniversary of German unification
  • 1 November (Fri), All Saints' Day
  • 21 – 31 December (SatTue), Christmas holidays / energy-saving mode