UK and Ireland national archives and libraries holiday closures

The following are the closures for key archive and library repositories in Scotland, elsewhere in the UK, and in the Republic of Ireland:

National Records of Scotland / ScotlandsPeople Centre
www.nrscotland.gov.uk / https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/scotlandspeople-centre

National Records of Scotland will be closed on 26 - 27 December 2016 and 2 - 3 January 2017.

Please note that all search rooms and public services, including the ScotlandsPeople Centre, will be open as usual from 9:00 am - 16:30 pm on 23 and 30 December 2016.


National Library of Scotland
www.nls.uk

Revised opening hours apply during the festive season:

Edinburgh
Saturday 24 December: General Reading Room, Special Collections Reading Room, Visitor Centre, exhibitions close at 13.00; Maps Reading Room closed
Sunday 25 and Monday 26 December: Closed
Tuesday 27 December: Reading rooms closed; Visitor Centre and exhibitions open 12.00-16.00
Wednesday 28 December: General Reading Room, Special Collections Reading Room, Visitor Centre, exhibitions close at 17.00; Maps Reading Room closed
Thursday 29 December: Close at 17.00
Friday 30 December: General Reading Room, Special Collections Reading Room, Visitor Centre, exhibitions close at 17.00; Maps Reading Room closed
Saturday 31 December: General Reading Room, Special Collections Reading Room, Visitor Centre, exhibitions close at 13.00; Maps Reading Room closed
Sunday 1 and Monday 2 January: Closed
Tuesday 3 January: Reading rooms closed; Visitor Centre and exhibitions open 12.00-16.00.

Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
Saturday 24 December to Tuesday 3 January: Closed
Wednesday 4 January: Re-opens at 13.30.


PRONI
www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni

Closed:
Monday 26 December 2016 - Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 2016 - Boxing Day
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Monday 2 January 2017 - New Year's Day


National Archives (Republic of Ireland)
www.nationalarchives.ie

The Reading Room will close at 12.30 on Friday, 23rd of December 2016 and re-open on Wednesday, 28th December 2016 at 9.15.
The Reading Room will be closed on Monday, 2 January 2017 and will re-open at 9.15 on Tuesday, 3 January 2017.


National Library of Ireland
www.nli.ie

Closed: Saturday 24th December to Tuesday 27th December
Open: Wednesday, 28th December to Friday, 30th December (10am-5pm) Exhibitions Only
Closed: Saturday, 31st December 2016 to Monday, 2nd January 2017
Library reopens Tuesday, 3 January 2017.


National Archives (England)
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Closure dates (All dates listed are inclusive):
Christmas 2016 - Saturday 24 December to Wednesday 28 December
New Year’s Day 2017 - Saturday 31 December to Monday 2 January


British Library
www.bl.uk

See http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/quickinfo/loc/seasonalclosures/index.html for details on Boston Spa and St. Pancras closures.


National Library of Wales
www.llgc.org.uk

The Library will close on Friday 23 December at 17:00 and re-open on Tuesday 3 January at 09:00 (the Reading Rooms will open at 09:30)

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Beginner's Guide to British and Irish Genealogy, A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.