Columbus Metropolitan Library Locations

Visit Main Library’s outdoor Kaufman Plaza – a fun and engaging space for all ages to enjoy.

Open during regular library hours.  

 

Main Library Parking Garage

GARAGE OPENS
Monday-Saturday at 7:30 a.m.
Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
 
GARAGE CLOSES
Monday-Thursday at 9:15 p.m.
Friday & Saturday at 6:15 p.m.
Sunday at 5:15 p.m.
 

Main Library’s attached garage, accessible from Library Park North, offers free parking for the first hour.

RATES
0-1 Hours: Free
1-2 Hours: $.50
2-3 Hours: $1
3-4 Hours: $2
4-5 Hours: $3
5-6 Hours: $4
6-7 Hours: $5
7-8 Hours: $6
8+ Hours: $10

We’re part of the Central Library Consortium.

Check us out at OSU Thompson Library.

Reserve Meeting Rooms and Study Rooms

Holiday Information

All locations will be closed the following days for the remainder of 2022:

Christmas Eve
Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022

Christmas Day
Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022

Day after Christmas
Monday, Dec. 26, 2022

New Year’s Eve
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022

All locations will be closed the following days in 2025:

New Year’s Day
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025

Day before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

Easter
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Day before Memorial Day
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Memorial Day
Monday, May 26, 2025

Juneteenth
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Independence Day
Friday, July 4, 2025
All locations will close at 6 p.m. on the day of “Red, White and Boom”.

Day before Labor Day
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025

Labor Day
Monday, Sept. 1, 2025

Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025
All locations will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26.

Christmas Eve
Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025

Christmas Day
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025

New Year’s Eve
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025

All Columbus Metropolitan Library locations will be open on the following holidays:

Presidents’ Day
Monday, Feb. 17, 2025

Veterans Day
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025