sterling library tour

Yale University Library

• Your Library Account
• Ask Yale Library
• Reserve Rooms
• Places to Study
• Quicksearch
• Search Library Catalog (Orbis)
• Search Law Library Catalog (MORRIS)
• Search Borrow Direct
• Search WorldCat
• Search Articles+
• Search Digital Collections
• Search Archives at Yale
• Research Guides
• Find Databases by Title
• Find eJournals by Title
• Guide to Using Special Collections
• Your Personal Librarian
• Subject Specialists
• Research Support and Workshops
• Citation Tools
• Get It @Yale (Borrow Direct, Interlibrary Loan, Scan & Deliver)
• Course Reserves
• Off-Campus Access
• OverDrive: Popular Audio and eBooks
• Bass Media Equipment

Libraries & Collections

• Arts Library
• Bass Library
• Beinecke Library
• Classics Library
• Divinity Library
• Fortunoff Archive
• Humanities Collections
• International Collections
• Law Library
• Lewis Walpole Library
• Library Collection Services
• Manuscripts & Archives
• Map Collection
• Marx Science & Social Science Library
• Medical Library
• Music Library
• Sterling Library
• Yale Center for British Art
• Yale Film Archive

Information & Policies

• Library Hours
• Departments & Staff
• Borrowing & Circulation
• Services for Persons with Disabilities
• Copyright Basics
• Scanning, Printing & Copying
• Computers & Wireless
• Library Policies
• About the Library
• Giving to the Library
• Purchase Request
• Working at the Library
• Terms Governing Use of Materials

Sterling Memorial Library

Physical location is 120 High Street.

In the heart of central campus,  Sterling Memorial Library is Yale’s largest library and one of the University’s most iconic buildings.  Completed in 1930, it houses more than 2.5 million volumes, with a focus on humanities and area studies, on 14 floors of book stacks.  Designed by architect James Gamble Rogers (Yale Class of 1889) and later named for its benefactor, John William Sterling (Yale Class of 1864), the library is built in the Collegiate Gothic style to resemble a European cathedral. The main entrance, known as the Nave, has a 60-foot ceiling, cloisters, clerestory windows, side chapels, and a circulation desk altar.  Stained glass windows throughout the building — 3,300 in all — were designed by artist G. Owen Bonawit.  In addition to reading rooms and library departments, Sterling encompasses Gilmore Music Library, Manuscripts and Archives, the Franke Family Digital Humanities Lab, the Yale Film Archive, the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Hanke Exhibition Gallery.

What's Available: 

Accessibility.

An accessible entrance faces Cross Campus. Please ring doorbell for assistance. An elevator is located straight back from the main entrance. Men's and women's accessible bathrooms are on the ground floor in the Music Library and downstairs in the Wright Reading Room.

A valid Yale ID with activated swipe access is required for entry after 6 pm. 

From the New Haven Green or Phelps Gate on Old Campus, take College Street north to Elm Street. Make a left onto Elm Street. Go past Hopper College and Berkeley College (on your right). At High Street, turn right and follow the cement pathway.  The Women's Table sculpture on your right and Sterling Memorial Library will be to the left.

Start exploring

From guided tours led by Yale undergraduates to our online offerings, find out all the ways you can learn about Yale’s history, architecture, and traditions. 

Take a Tour

Tours for general visitors.

Yale College students provide a glimpse into the history and architecture of the university. The tours start at the Yale Visitor Center at 149 Elm Street . Hear about Yale’s rich 300-year history and aspects of student life at several of Yale’s fourteen residential colleges. The tour also includes the Gothic Sterling Memorial Library, Yale’s largest, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Constructed with more than one hundred panels of translucent marble, the Beinecke is home to one of the world’s preeminent collections of rare materials, including the Gutenberg Bible.

Tours last approximately one hour. Note that there are many Elm Streets in the region. The exact address is 149 Elm Street New Haven, CT 06511. Please check you are using the correct zip code 06511 .

Register for a Visitor Center Tour (registration is required)

Please note that the Visitor Center provides campus tours that are geared toward a broad audience of visitors. Undergraduate Admissions provides separate tours. If you are a prospective undergraduate student, you should consider attending an Undergraduate Admissions tour.

Kids’ Architectural Treasure Hunt

Parents taking the campus tour with children ages 6-11 can request a brochure that encourages the children to hunt for architectural details and designs.

Tours for High School Students

Please visit the undergraduate admissions website to reserve your campus tour .

Private/Special Group Tours by Appointment

Groups of 10 or more visiting the campus can arrange to have a private tour specifically suited to their time schedule. All private tour company groups, regardless of size, are required to schedule a private tour. For each group of up to 25 people, one student tour guide will be scheduled. There is a fee of $50 per guide. 

When requesting a tour, please provide the following information: time and date requested, organizer name, group name, phone number, email and number of guests. Although we will make every attempt to accommodate your request, a tour is not guaranteed until you receive official confirmation from our office.

Due to a high volume of group tour requests, please email  [email protected] or call 203-432-2300 to schedule your group tour.

Virtual Tours

Can’t make it to campus for an in-person tour? Check out a virtual tour of Yale’s main campus in New Haven, including specialized experiences you can choose from: campus, science, engineering, athletics, and residential colleges. 

Yale’s West Campus is located in Orange, Connecticut, and also offers several virtual tours. Take a virtual tour of West Campus .

The Yale Visitor Center wants to ensure individuals with special needs will be able to access all of the programs and tours scheduled through the center. Learn more about accessibility on our Plan Your Visit page.

Tours for Prospective Undergraduates

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions offers tours geared for prospective students.

• Tours & Registration Arrow Up Right (link is external)
• Admissions Virtual Tour Arrow Up Right (link is external)
• Office of Undergraduate Admissions Arrow Up Right (link is external)

Find answers to some of our most commonly asked questions.

Plan Your Visit

Get directions to campus, find a hotel, and more.

Yale Special-topic Tour: History of Slavery

Take a walking tour highlighting people, places, and moments in Yale’s history tied to slavery and its aftermath. This app was created in response to the findings of the Yale and Slavery Research Project confronting Yale’s historical ties to slavery.

More ways to explore campus

Check out our special photo gallery tours and virtual offerings.

• Architecture of Yale
• Public Art of Yale
• Sustainability at Yale Arrow Up Right (link is external)
• Virtual Yale Arrow Up Right (link is external)

• Yale University Library
• Ask Yale Library

Q. Can I take a tour of the Sterling Memorial Library stacks?

• Archives At Yale
• Communications
• Separate FAQ
• Special Collections
• 40 Accounts
• 3 Article Searching
• 65 Bass Library
• 12 Bass Media Equipment
• 26 Beinecke Library
• 4 Bloomberg Terminal
• 1 Book Display
• 25 Borrow Direct
• 3 Buildings
• 2 Center for Language Study
• 2 Citation Management
• 2 Collaborative Learning Center
• 7 Contact Information
• 9 Copyright
• 18 Course Reserves
• 6 Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
• 4 Databases
• 9 Delivery Services
• 1 Digital Humanities Lab
• 125 Discovery
• 27 Do I have access to?
• 2 Fines and Fees
• 1 Foreign Language Tutoring
• 7 Fortunoff Video Archive
• 13 Google Scholar
• 119 Government
• 42 Haas Arts Library
• 46 How do I?
• 47 Interlibrary Loan
• 11 International Collections
• 15 Law Library
• 2 Library Instruction
• 51 Library Services
• 5 Major Newspapers
• 3 Manuscripts and Archives
• 53 Marx Library
• 3 Medical Library
• 8 Microform
• 14 Multifactor Authentication
• 12 Music Library
• 8 Network access
• 7 New Faculty
• 4 Newspapers
• 80 Online Content
• 1 Painting location
• 2 Personal Librarian
• 22 Policies
• 1 Primary Resources
• 11 Printers & Scanners
• 37 Privileges
• 14 Quicksearch
• 38 Remote Access
• 3 Renovation
• 9 Reproductions
• 33 Research Assistance
• 8 Scan and Deliver
• 4 School of Management
• 8 Self-Checkout
• 6 Sponsored Identity
• 15 Statistics
• 79 Sterling Memorial Library
• 1 Student Wellness
• 24 Study Spaces
• 4 University Archives
• 1 West Campus
• 138 Yale Collections
• 8 Yale Film Archive
• 14 Yale Info
• 2 Yale Library History
• 35 Yale Special Collections

Answered By: Kelly Blanchat Last Updated: Oct 20, 2021     Views: 476

At the beginning of each semester, undergraduate students have a chance to tour one of Yale's most iconic buildings: Sterling Memorial Library.

These one-hour tours explore library study spaces and the book stacks, a 15-story tower that holds close to 4 million books. You will also learn about the building's history (hint: it's not as old as you might think).

• Check the tour schedule here
• Check the full instruction calendar here
• Share on Facebook

Was this helpful? Yes 0 No 0

Comments (0)

Related questions, related topics.

• Sterling Memorial Library
• Library Instruction
• Yale Library History

Contact Ask Yale Library!

• System Status
• Privacy Policy
• Accessibility

Tour of Sterling Memorial Library

by Yale Library

Tour Class of 2027 Library Tour Undergraduates

Mon, Sep 25, 2023

4 PM – 5 PM EDT (GMT-4)

Sterling Library Nave

120 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511, United States

Registration

Join a librarian for a tour, designed especially for undergraduates, of Sterling Memorial Library, Yale's iconic central library.

Attendees will learn about the history and architecture of Sterling Library, as well as practical information about finding books, borrowing privileges, research support, library jobs, student exhibit opportunities, and more.

Meeting location:  In the Sterling Library Nave at the Library Service desk.

Audience:  This tour is designed for undergraduate students, but any interested student is welcome to attend.

Interested in a different date/time? Visit the library's  workshop calendar .

Sterling Memorial Library Tour

David McCullough, Yale class of 1955 and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, narrates this fascinating guided tour of Sterling Memorial Library.

14 Conclusion

13 manuscripts & archives, 12 memorabilia room, 11 exhibitions corridor, 10 selin courtyard, 09 newspaper reading room, 08 gilmore music library, 07 main reference room, ratings & reviews, information.

• Creator Yale Library
• Episodes 15
• Show Website Sterling Memorial Library Tour

More From Yale University

Updated 10/14/2009

Updated 5 days ago

Updated 11/18/2008

Updated 4 days ago

Updated 04/02/2012

Updated 04/30/2009

To listen to explicit episodes, sign in.

Stay up to date with this show

Sign in or sign up to follow shows, save episodes, and get the latest updates.

Africa, Middle East, and India

• Brunei Darussalam
• Burkina Faso
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
• Guinea-Bissau
• Niger (English)
• Congo, Republic of
• Saudi Arabia
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Tanzania, United Republic Of
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates

Asia Pacific

• Indonesia (English)
• Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Malaysia (English)
• Micronesia, Federated States of
• New Zealand
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Solomon Islands
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• France (Français)
• Deutschland
• Luxembourg (English)
• Moldova, Republic Of
• North Macedonia
• Portugal (Português)
• Türkiye (English)
• United Kingdom

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina (Español)
• Bolivia (Español)
• Virgin Islands, British
• Cayman Islands
• Chile (Español)
• Colombia (Español)
• Costa Rica (Español)
• República Dominicana
• Ecuador (Español)
• El Salvador (Español)
• Guatemala (Español)
• Honduras (Español)
• Nicaragua (Español)
• Paraguay (Español)
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• St. Vincent and The Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos
• Uruguay (English)
• Venezuela (Español)

The United States and Canada

• Canada (English)
• Canada (Français)
• United States
• Estados Unidos (Español México)
• الولايات المتحدة
• États-Unis (Français France)
• Estados Unidos (Português Brasil)
• 美國 (繁體中文台灣)

• Quicksearch
• Search Library Catalog (Orbis)
• Search Law Library Catalog (MORRIS)
• Search Borrow Direct
• Search WorldCat
• Search Articles+
• Search Digital Collections
• Search Archives at Yale
• Research Guides
• Find Databases by Title
• Find eJournals by Title
• Guide to Using Special Collections
• Your Personal Librarian
• Subject Specialists
• Research Support and Workshops
• Citation Tools
• OverDrive: Popular Audio and eBooks
• Get It @ Yale (Borrow Direct, Interlibrary Loan, Scan & Deliver)
• Course Reserves
• Off-Campus Access
• Bass Media Equipment

Libraries & Collections

• Arts Library
• Bass Library
• Beinecke Library
• Classics Library
• Divinity Library
• Film Study Center
• Fortunoff Archive
• Humanities Collections
• International Collections
• Law Library
• Lewis Walpole Library
• Library Collection Services
• Manuscripts & Archives
• Map Collection
• Marx Science & Social Science Library
• Medical Library
• Music Library
• Sterling Library
• Yale Center for British Art

Information & Policies

• Library Hours
• Departments & Staff
• Borrowing & Circulation
• Services for Persons with Disabilities
• Copyright Basics
• Scanning, Printing & Copying
• Computers & Wireless
• Library Policies
• About the Library
• Giving to the Library
• Purchase Request
• Working at the Library
• Terms Governing Use of Materials

Season 93: Europe tour

Manuscripts and Archives > Yale Glee Club records (RU 342) > Series Accession 2008-A-142: Records > Photographs > Season 93: Europe tour

Description

Item location.

• THIS ITEM Season 93: Europe tour

Access And Usage Rights

Identifiers.

• View in Mirador
• Download as PDF
• Systems Status
• Privacy Policy
• Accessibility at Yale

Free Self-Guided Audio Tour of the Manchester Central Library.

• Tuesday 20 August 2024

More Articles

Manchester Central Library has launched a free self-guided audio tour of the library to coincide with the celebrations for its 90th Anniversary year.

The audio tour invites members of the public to journey across every floor of the library and discover secrets from its 90 year history, as well as its vibrant present use.

The tour features 12 staff from the Central Library narrating information, past and present, about different aspects of the library.

Seventeen locations are denoted with an orange “bus stop” forming a trail around all floors and all corners of the library.

Each location has a QR code that enables visitors to scan with their phone and hear expert staff unlock history facts and more about each significant location in a short audio clip.

Councillor John Hacking , Executive Member for Employment, Skills and Leisure said: "Central Library has a rich history, past and present, and this audio tour is full of fascinating and interesting information. It will be of interest to visitors as well regular library goers who will be treated to nuggets of details on the library's past.

It's another reason for the wonderful Central Library to be on all visitors must-see list. I would like to thank the staff who have taken part, they have so much knowledge, expertise and love for this building, so who better to voice the audio clips."

The tour begins with an introduction in Shakespeare Hall, with audio stops across all floors of the library:For those wanting to hear the full trail in sequence, listeners can tune in to the playlist here:

https://soundcloud.com/mcr-central-library/sets/90th-anniversary-audio-tour

Introduction (Ground Floor)

Shakespeare Hall (Ground Floor)

The Reading Girl (Ground Floor Stairs)

Exhibition Hall (1st Floor)

Henry Watson Music Library (1st Floor)

Wolfson Reading Room (1st Floor)

Second Floor & Business & IP Centre (2nd Floor)

Third Floor & Chief Librarians Office (3rd Floor)

4th Floor View Of The Dome (4th Floor)

Reference Library (4th Floor)

The City Library (Lower Ground Floor)

The Children’s Library (Lower Ground Floor)

Archives + and Film Pods (Ground Floor)

The Historic Stack (Ground Floor)

Manchester Visitor Information Centre (Ground Floor)

Peterloo Memorial / Library Walk (Ground Floor)

Fields marked * cannot be left blank

Feedback submitted to us on this form is monitored but you won’t receive a reply. In an emergency, visit our emergency contact details page . Please don't include any personal or financial information, for example your National Insurance or credit card numbers.

• Preplanned tours
• Daytrips out of Moscow
• Themed tours
• Customized tours
• St. Petersburg

Moscow Metro

The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

What is the kremlin in russia?

The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

Put-in tours

Original tour agency in moscow and st petersburg..

Onboard a Soviet van!

Welcome to Russia!

We are Sergey and Simon, a Russian and a Frenchman, both  passionate about Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and classic cars. Together, we have created Put-in tours. Our goal is to help you experience Russian culture off the beaten path. Join us onboard our classic Soviet van and let’s get rolling!

In Moscow we offer you a city tour to discover most of the city in an original way as well as a night tour to admire the lights. Our pubcrawl is ideal to explore Moscow’s night-life and have fun. If you are craving to discover Russian culture, come impress your senses during our monastery diner or join our 100% Russian Banya Excursion . The latest will also bring you to Sergiyev Posad and it’s famous monastery!

For the most extreme travellers, our shooting tour will deliver your daily dose of adrenaline whereas our tank excursion will let you ride a real tank and shoot a bazooka.

We also offer help to receive your visa , safe and multilingual airport transfers , as well as organisation services for team-building events or bachelor parties .

All our excursions (but the monastery diner) happen onboard our Soviet military vans and can be covered by our  professionnal photographer or videographer.

In Saint Petersburg

We welcome you in Saint Petersburg onboard our Soviet van to discover the imperial city with our city tour and night tour .

Continue your discovery in style! The adrenaline lovers will like our shooting tour  which brings 3 Russian weapons to the tip of your trigger finger.

Follow us on Social Media...

Our partners

© Copyright 2021 - Put-in tours Designed by SD Marketing & Design

At Put-in tours, we put you in our classic Soviet vans to go explore Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Russian culture off the beaten path. Discover our Moscow city guided tour, visit Moscow by night, join our banya & Sergiyev Posad excursion, visit and dine in one of Moscow's oldest monastery or even Luzhniki stadium, before you party on our famous pubcrawl! Original and atypical tours : Shoot AK47 and a bazooka after riding on a tank with our tank & bazooka excursion ! Extreme tours: Fly a fighter jet in Moscow onboard a L-29 or L-39 aircraft!

© Copyright 2021 – Put-in tours

Design web: SD Marketing & Design

Home About us Videos Moscow Saint-Petersburg Contact Online booking Blog Disclaimer Privacy Policy

WhatsApp us

Library Tour: Get to Know Yale Library In Person

Library Tour: Get to Know Yale Library In Person In-Person

Join a librarian for a tour of Sterling Memorial Library and Bass Library. The in-person tour will cover study spaces and practice navigating the library’s physical book stacks. Attendees will also learn about the library’s history and architecture, along with practical information about borrowing privileges, research support, library jobs, exhibit curation opportunities, and more.

A Yale ID is required for access to the library.

Meeting location: In the Sterling Library Nave at the Library Service desk.

Audience: This tour is designed for undergraduate students, but any interested student is welcome to attend.

NEW: Any student who participates in at least 3 library workshops during the fall 2021 semester will be eligible for a prize. Learn more about this program .

Interested in a different date/time? Visit the library's workshop calendar .

Event Organizer

• System Status
• Privacy Policy
• Accessibility