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  • Visit Us!

    Regular Library Days:
    Every Wednesday, 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.

    Additional days for October are:

    Friday the 7th, 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.
    Saturday the 8th, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Friday the 21st, 1 p.m. - 8 p.m
    Saturday the 22nd, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

    The next Place Talks will be Thursday, October 13th. Open library hours at 5 p.m., event at 7 p.m.

    A full calendar with opening and closing hours and dates, is posted at the Events tab.

    The library is delighted to have expanded its hours since 2015 through collaborations with the Elsewhere Philatelic Society, the artist Nicole Lavelle, and with the Library of Approximate Locations. Quarterly help also from the Research Honeymoon group. See the "Events" tab for full details.

    301 8th Street (near Folsom Street)
    Room 215
    San Francisco, CA

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