Columbus Metropolitan Library Locations

Visit Main Library’s outdoor Kaufman Plaza – a fun and engaging space for all ages to enjoy.

Open during regular library hours.  

 

Main Library Parking Garage

GARAGE OPENS
Monday-Saturday at 7:30 a.m.
Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
 
GARAGE CLOSES
Monday-Thursday at 9:15 p.m.
Friday & Saturday at 6:15 p.m.
Sunday at 5:15 p.m.
 

Main Library’s attached garage, accessible from Library Park North, offers free parking for the first hour.

RATES
0-1 Hours: Free
1-2 Hours: $.50
2-3 Hours: $1
3-4 Hours: $2
4-5 Hours: $3
5-6 Hours: $4
6-7 Hours: $5
7-8 Hours: $6
8+ Hours: $10

We’re part of the Central Library Consortium.

Check us out at OSU Thompson Library.

Reserve Meeting Rooms and Study Rooms

Holiday Information

All locations will be closed the following days for the remainder of 2022:

Christmas Eve
Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022

Christmas Day
Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022

Day after Christmas
Monday, Dec. 26, 2022

New Year’s Eve
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022

All locations will be closed the following days in 2024:

New Year’s Day
Monday, Jan. 1, 2024

Day after New Year’s Day
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024

Day before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 
Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, Jan. 15, 2024

Easter
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Day before Memorial Day
Sunday, May 26, 2024

Memorial Day
Monday, May 27, 2024

Juneteenth
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Independence Day
Thursday, July 4, 2024
All locations will close at 6 p.m. on the day of “Red, White and Boom”.

Day before Labor Day
Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024

Labor Day
Monday, Sept. 2, 2024

Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024
All locations will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27.

Christmas Eve
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024

Christmas Day
Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024

New Year’s Eve
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024

All Columbus Metropolitan Library locations will be open on the following holidays:

Presidents’ Day
Monday, Feb. 19, 2024

Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Monday, Oct. 14, 2024

Veterans Day
Monday, Nov. 11, 2024