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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Opening hours
Reading rooms
Monday – Friday 8.30am – 6.15pm
There are two reading rooms: one for manuscripts and rare materials, and one for ancient and modern printed materials.
Bibliographic assistance on site: during the opening hours of the reading rooms
Changes to opening hours and closure days
The reading rooms will be closed to the public for two weeks in August to allow for review, reorganisation, preventive measures, conservation, and restoration work, as provided for in Articles 28 and 57 of Presidential Decree 417/1995, Regulations Governing State Public Libraries. During this period, from Monday to Friday, the Library will remain open from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon for the direct loan service only. For details of the specific weeks of closure, please consult the notices published periodically in the ‘Notices’ section of this website.
Between 17 and 31 July, the direct loan service will be suspended in order to carry out the revision work provided for in Article 57 of Presidential Decree 417/1995, Regulations Governing State Public Libraries.
On 24 and 31 December, the reading rooms will be open from 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
The Library will be closed on the following public holidays:
- Every Sunday
- 1 and 6 January
- Easter Monday
- 25 April
- 1 May
- 2 June
- 15 August
- 1 and 21 November
- 8, 25, and 26 December
Giorni di chiusura completa
La Biblioteca resta chiusa nelle seguenti giornate di festività:
- Tutte le domeniche
- 1 e 6 gennaio
- Lunedí di Pasqua
- 25 aprile
- 1 maggio
- 2 giugno
- 15 agosto
- 1 e 21 novembre
- 8, 25 e 26 dicembre
Antique and modern printed books
Antique and modern printed books may be requested from 8.30 a.m. to 3.15 p.m. and collected from the Loan Office by 6.15 p.m.
Requests: Monday–Friday, 8.30 a.m.–3.15 p.m.
Collection: Monday–Friday, 8.30 a.m.– 6.15 p.m.
Antique and modern printed books
Antique and modern printed books may be requested from 8.30 a.m. to 3.15 p.m. and collected from the Loan Office by 6.15 p.m.
Requests: Monday–Friday, 8.30 a.m.–3.15 p.m.
Collection: Monday–Friday, 8.30 a.m.– 6.15 p.m.
Manuscripts and rare materials
Manuscripts, rare books, maps, and prints may be requested from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and consulted in the Manuscripts Room until 6.15 p.m.
Requests: Monday–Friday, 8.30 a.m.–5.30 p.m.
Collection: Monday–Friday, 8.30 a.m.–5.30 p.m.
In the Manuscripts and Rare Books Room, readers may consult printed works with the following shelfmarks: Aldine, Incunaboli, Rari, Rari Ven, and Ex-strenne. Both these materials and manuscripts may also be requested through the Polo OPAC.
How to find us
The Library is located in the former Mint of the Venetian Republic, Piazzetta San Marco 7. The building now houses the reading rooms and also includes the adjacent Palazzo della Libreria (Piazzetta San Marco 13), the historic seat of the ancient Public Library of St Mark, as well as the Ridotti dei Procuratori, which now form part of the museum area open to visitors and used for exhibitions and events.
Address
Library:
Piazzetta San Marco n.7
30124 Venice
Monumental Rooms:
Piazzetta San Marco 13/a
30124 Venice
Tel: 041.24.07.211
How to reach us
Piazza San Marco can easily be reached using the ACTV waterbus service.
From Piazzale Roma or Venice Santa Lucia Railway Station
From Piazzale Roma and/or the railway station:
- Line n. 5.1
Stop: San Zaccaria (approx. 20 minutes) - Line n. 4.1
Stop: San Zaccaria (approx. 30 minutes) - Line n. 2,
Stop: San Marco (approx. 30 minutes) - Line n. 1, express
Stop: San Marco or San Zaccaria (approx. 40 minutes)
From the Tronchetto Terminal
If arriving by car and parking at the Tronchetto:
- Line n. 2,
Stop: San Zaccaria (approx. 30 minutes)
From Venice Airport
From the airport, you may take the Alilaguna water shuttle:
- Direction San Zaccaria or San Marco Giardinetti (approx. 1 hour 10 minutes)
On Foot
From Venice Santa Lucia Railway Station or Piazzale Roma:
- Follow the signs marked “Per San Marco” (approx. 30–40 minutes).
Visitors with mobility needs are advised to consult the Venice City Council’s Venezia acessibile page.
Route from the San Zaccaria stop to the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
