One of two libraries of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the Blegen Library focuses on all aspects of Greece and the Greeks from the earliest prehistory through late antiquity.The Library currently has more than ninety thousand volumes and nearly 700 periodicals. In its field, it is one of the premier research libraries in the world and the best in Greece. The Blegen library is open to Members of the American School of Classical Studies, and to approved visitors.
Members and Visitors alike are required to follow the Rules of the Blegen Library
Blegen Library News
Donations to the Blegen Library
08/27/2010
The Blegen Library gratefully acknowledges the generous donation of the following publications.
American School Awarded NEH Challenge Grant
01/21/2010
ASCSA has been awarded a prestigious Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for $578,750. The School must raise a three-to-one match to the NEH grant or about $1.8 million, which will support improvements and renovations to the School’s two world-renowned humanities research libraries.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Grant Awarded to ASCSA Libraries
09/18/2009
The School is pleased to announce a recent grant awarded to the School by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The grant will support the detailed cataloging of more than 1,500 periodicals in the Blegen and Gennadius Libraries.
