All are welcome to an introductory tour of the Beinecke Library, its mission, history, architecture, collections, and services. A member of the Beinecke Library staff generally leads the Saturday introductory tour. Reservations are not required.
A reminder: the Beinecke Library’s ground floor and mezzanine public exhibition areas are always free and open to all, seven days a week. Please visit the library’s website at beinecke.library.yale.edu for more information on hours and exhibitions and to explore the library online.

Select highlights of the Beinecke Library’s collections related to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to the African American freedom movement will be on public view in a temporary display for the holiday in the courtyard level reading room.
NOTE: all visitors who go to the reading room will need to check any and all bags, coats, hats, and other personal belongings on the library’s ground floor before going to the reading room. Space may be limited. Last admission at 3:30 pm, and the building will be closed at 4 pm.

The Lewis Walpole Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the English Department of Yale University, are pleased to host this mini-conference, focusing on the Defoe / Robinson Crusoe tercentenary and the 18th-century novel, led by Jonathan Kramnick, Maynard Mack Professor of English, focusing on the Defoe / Robinson Crusoe tercentenary.
Reception to follow.

A weekly series of insightful, engaging, informal talks on materials from the Beinecke Library’s collections and exhibitions, followed by tea on the library mezzanine. Mondays at Beinecke talks take place during the academic year; note: no talks during recesses.
Speakers this semester include:
September 9: Kevin Repp, curator of modern European books & manuscripts, on fall exhibition, “Beyond Words”
September 16: Kerri Sancomb, exhibits production manager, and Megan Czekaj, library exhibits technician, on fall exhibition, “Beyond Words”

Yale College New Music presents Shake, Rattle & Roll VI!
This concert features new works for violin and steel pan duo written by Yale College composers Benjamin Beckman, Nicholas Chang, Michael Gancz, Caroline Ho, Nathan Murphy, & Kathryn Alexander, and performed by Matthew Woodard, violin, and Russell Fisher, steel pans.
Kathryn Alexander and Konrad Kaczmarek are the co-directors of Yale College New Music. This concert is supported by the Beinecke Library, the Friends of Music, and the Yale Music Department.