Plan Your Visit

Standard Hours

Monday: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Saturday (September – June): 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday (July & August): 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
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Things to Do

View our events calendar for up-to-date information about our children, teens, and adults programming.

See What’s Happening

Exhibitions

Pequot Library exhibitions feature a variety of theme-based curated selections from our Special Collections of rare books, manuscripts, and archives.

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Group Visits

Pequot Library is the perfect location for groups of friends and colleagues to learn and explore together.

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Venue Rental

The Library’s majestic Auditorium, Reading Rooms, and Great Lawn are available for rentals public, private, cultural, civic, and artistic events year round.

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2025 Holidays and Closings

In the event of temporary closings because of inclement weather or an emergency, such as loss of power due to a storm, Pequot Library will post information and updates on the website homepage alert and on social media.

New Year’s Day: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
MLK: Monday, January 20
Presidents’ Day: Monday, February 17
Good Friday: Friday, April 18
Memorial Day: Monday, May 26
Juneteenth: Thursday, June 19
Independence Day: Friday, July 4
Labor Day Weekend: Saturday, August 30 – Monday, September 1
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Monday, October 13
Veterans Day: Tuesday, November 11
Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, November 27
Day after Thanksgiving: Friday, November 28
Christmas Eve: Wednesday, December 24
Christmas Day: Thursday, December 25
New Year’s Eve: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 – closing at 4:00 p.m.
New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1, 2026

Accessibility

Pequot Library is wheelchair accessible in all areas except the Stacks, Mezzanine, and the lower level. Circulation Desk staff will offer assistance and retrieve books. Accessible parking and the wheelchair ramp are in the rear of the Library.

Please ask at the Circulation Desk or call us at (203) 259-0346 ext. 115 if you have any questions.

Call Us: Ext. 115

Directions To Pequot Library

Come Find Us

From I-95 North

Exit 19. Right onto Center Street. Right onto Pequot Avenue. Parking is available behind the Library.

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From I-95 South

Exit 19. Left onto Center Street. Right onto Pequot Avenue. Parking is available behind the Library.

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By Train

Pequot Library is located less than a half mile from the Metro-North Railroad Southport station for the New Haven Line.

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