Alexandria The Guide

Libraries


Alexandria Library
5005 Duke St.
Alexandria, Va., 22304
703-519-5905
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us

Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
5005 Duke St.
Alexandria, Va., 22304
703-519-5900
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/beatley.html

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays.

Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch
4701 Seminary Rd.
Alexandria, Va., 22304
703-519-6000
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/burke.html

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays.

James M. Duncan Branch
2501 Commonwealth Ave.
Alexandria, Va., 22301
703-838-4566
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/duncan.html

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays.

Kate Waller Barrett Branch
717 Queen St.
Alexandria, Va., 22314
703-838-4555
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/barrett.html

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Sunday service is September-May only. The local history special collection located at the Barrett Branch is closed Sundays.

Local History Special Collections Division
717 Queen St.
Alexandria, Va., 22314
703-838-4577
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/lhsc.html

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays.

The Special Collections division of the Alexandria Library houses many resources for historians, genealogists and others interested in learning about local, regional and U.S. history. The division holds a variety of sources in several formats, including books, microfilm and microfiche, journals, manuscript collections and photographs.

Administrative offices

Alexandria Library
5005 Duke St.
Alexandria, Va., 22304
703-519-5905
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us

Branch libraries

Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch
4701 Seminary Rd.
Alexandria, Va., 22304
703-519-6000
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/burke.html

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays.

James M. Duncan Branch
2501 Commonwealth Ave.
Alexandria, Va., 22301
703-838-4566
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/duncan.html

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays.

Local History Special Collections Division
717 Queen St.
Alexandria, Va., 22314
703-838-4577
Web site: www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/lhsc.html

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays.

The Special Collections division of the Alexandria Library houses many resources for historians, genealogists and others interested in learning about local, regional and U.S. history. The division holds a variety of sources in several formats, including books, microfilm and microfiche, journals, manuscript collections and photographs.

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