Getting to Columbia:

The Columbia University Morningside campus is easily accessible via the 1 subway train to 116^th Street, and MTA bus lines M104, M4, M60, and M11.

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is located on the 6^th floor of Butler Library.  Butler Library is accessible via the Columbia University quadrangle; the back of the library faces 114^th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. If you do not have a valid Columbia ID card, please go to the Library Information Office, to the left as you enter the library before the security desk.

After entering Butler Library, follow the hallway to the left and take the East elevator or stairs to the 6th floor. Look for the double glass doors at the entrance to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Prior to entering the reading room, please wash your hands at one of the restrooms near the elevators. Lockers for coats, jackets, bags, and other personal items are located just outside the entrance; keys are available at the RBML reference desk.