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About the Watkinson
The Watkinson Library is a separately endowed unit of the Trinity College Library. It serves as a public research library, the rare book & special collections department of Trinity College, and the repository of the College Archives.
Our mission is to preserve, augment, and provide access to the collections in perpetuity. Our vision is to provide an active hub in which visitors explore and encounter the cultural materials we hold, and engage in creative and intellectual production inspired by our collections.
The Watkinson holds over 175,000 printed and manuscript volumes ranging in date from the 11th century to the present, 4,000 linear feet of manuscript and archival material, 25,000 pieces of sheet music (1720-1950), over 5,000 sound recordings, and thousands of separate maps, prints, broadsides, postcards, greeting cards, trade cards, ballad sheets, playbills, and posters.
Exhibitions and Open Houses
Exhibitions are a regular feature of the Watkinson Library. The Library also offers open houses during the academic year with speakers on a variety of topics. Both exhibitions and open houses are free and open to the public.
Today's Hours
Friday, 03-Feb-12
