Holiday Closings for the NLM Reading Room

The Library will be closed the following holidays and is closed weekends. For our normal schedule, see NLM Reading Room and Services: Hours.

2023 Closings

• New Year's 2023*
  • Friday, December 30, 2022: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Monday, January 2, 2023: CLOSED
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day*
  • Friday, January 13: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Monday, January 16: CLOSED
• Washington's Birthday**
  • Friday, February 17: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Monday, February 20: CLOSED
• Memorial Day
  • Friday, May 26: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Monday, May 29: CLOSED
• Juneteenth
  • Friday, June 16: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Monday, June 19: CLOSED
• Independence Day
  • Monday, July 3: CLOSED
  • Tuesday, July 4: CLOSED
• Labor Day
  • Friday, September 1: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Monday, September 4: CLOSED
• Columbus Day
  • Friday, October 6: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Monday, October 9: CLOSED
• Veterans Day
  • Thursday, November 9: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Friday, November 10: CLOSED
• Thanksgiving
  
  • Wednesday, November 22: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, November 23: CLOSED
• Staff Event - December 14
  
  • Thursday, December 14, 2023: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - CLOSED
• Christmas 2023 and New Year's Holiday 2024
  • Friday, December 22, 2023: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Monday, December 25, 2023: CLOSED
  • Friday, December 29, 2023: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Monday, January 1, 2024: CLOSED

*If a holiday falls on a Saturday, for most Federal employees, the preceding Friday will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See 5 U.S.C. 6103(b).) If a holiday falls on a Sunday, for most Federal employees, the following Monday will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See Section 3(a) of Executive Order 11582, February 11, 1971.) See also our Federal Holidays – "In Lieu Of" Determination Fact Sheet at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/work-schedules/fact-sheets/Federal-Holidays-In-Lieu-Of-Determination.

**This holiday is designated as "Washington’s Birthday" in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees. Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it is our policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law.