Blegen Library

Blegen Library, founded in 1888, is one of the world's premier research libraries for classical studies and archaeology. Its collection, covering aspects of Greek civilization from earliest prehistory to late antiquity, includes more than 122,000 books and periodicals. Our mission is to develop and maintain a first rank research collection in support of the academic programs, membership, and cooperating institutions of the ASCSA, and of the hundreds of qualified scholars who use the library as visitors.

If you're a first-time visitor, please click here to learn how to obtain a visitor's card and start exploring our collection.

For any inquiries contact us at blegenlibrarian@ascsa.edu.gr  or Ask a Librarian 

    Highlights

• New acquisitions for February. Check them out!

• Τhe Blegen Library will be closed to visitors on Monday, March 3, 2025 in observance of the Clean Monday Holiday (February 26, 2025)

• Check out our new acquisitions for December and January (February 14, 2025)

• Oxford bibliographies is added to our collection. Discover it now!

• Explore our latest acquisitions for October and November (December 4, 2024)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Read more...