The Linda Hall will be CLOSED on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, for Veterans Day. We will open on Thursday, November 12 at 10 AM.

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Open today 4 PM - 11 PM

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Open today 4 PM - 11 PM

COLLECTIONS OVERVIEW

The Linda Hall is one of the world’s leading independent science research libraries.

Access

Our collections are available to anyone with a research or information need.

The Library holds one of the best collections of rare printed science, technology, and engineering works in the world.

Not in KC? We provide digital access to our materials on-demand to make research even easier.

Video guides to searching our catalog.

Take a closer look at one of the Library's latest and rarest acquisitions, Mary Ward's Sketches With the Microscope.

Discover one of the Library's latest acquisitions, Liber Ignis, which contains pages printed on lead instead of paper.