Reading room opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday – Friday: 8.30 am – 1.30 pm
Tuesday: 8.30 am – 4.30 pm

Saturdays and Sundays: closed
Last request: 1.00 pm.

Items are delivered during opening hours generally without interruption, except in extraordinary circumstances. No more than 5 items per day can be requested.

The library is closed on the following religious and civil feast days:  1 and 6 January, 25 April, 1 May, 2 June, 24 June (feast of John the Baptist, the patron saint of Florence), 15 August, 1 November, 8 December, 25 and 26 December.

It also is closed to the public in the second and third week of August to allow dusting and revisions. During this period a basic information service is provided by telephone or fax.

The monumental area is open to the public for exhibitions.