Research
Access and Hours
Visitor Access:
Monday-Friday 9:00-21:00
Saturday 9:00-14:30
Summer hours (August):
Mondays-Fridays 9.00-15:30
Saturday closed
Membership in the ASCSA includes 24-hour access to the Blegen Library.
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 125,000 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.
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If you're a first-time visitor, click here to learn how to obtain a visitor's card and start exploring our collection.
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Card renewals take place every day during the library's visiting hours at the reception desk. To ensure a smooth process, we recommend emailing receptionists@ascsa.edu.gr in advance to confirm the necessary requirements.
For any inquiries contact us at blegenlibrarian@ascsa.edu.gr or Ask a Librarian
Blegen Library News
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March 23, 2026
Hesperia 95.1 Now Online!
We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 95.1! Topics in this issue include an engraving of a warrior from LMB IIIA Ayia Irini on Kea, the relationship between inscriptions and images in Archaic Greece, four new pinakion fragments from the Athenian Agora, the colossus of Porto Raphti, and the account of the martyrdom of St. Demetrios and what it reveals about gladiatorial events and the stadium in Roman Thessaloniki.
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March 16, 2026
Edward Capps and the Enduring Power of Legacy
On a warm August day in 1950, news of Edward Capps’s passing traveled quietly between Princeton and Athens. More than seventy-five years later, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens continues to reflect his vision and his belief that scholarship is sustained across generations.
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February 18, 2026
Nicholas Bacopoulos and Calypso Gounti Seminar Room Named at the Wiener Laboratory
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce that the seminar room in the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science has been named the Nicholas Bacopoulos and Calypso Gounti Seminar Room.
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January 30, 2026
The Gennadius Library Opens the 2026 Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series with a Distinguished Evening at the Getty Villa
Katherine E. Fleming, President and Chief Executive Officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust and Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization in the Department of History at New York University, delivered the opening lecture of the 2026 Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series.
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December 31, 2025
Year in Review 2025
Highlights
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Check out our new acquisitions for November and December 2025 (January 22, 2026)
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Explore our Library Book locator (January 20, 2026)
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New acquisitions for September and October (November 20, 2025)
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The Blegen library will be closed to visitors on Tuesday 28th of October in observance of the National holiday.
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Check out our new acquisitions for July and August (September 15, 2025)
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Check in our acquisitions for June (July 2, 2025)
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The Blegen Library will be closed to visitors on Monday 9th of June in observance of the Pentecost.
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New acquisitions for May (June 4, 2025)