History of Medicine Library
Opening hours
Monday–Friday: 2pm–5pm
Access to this library is by appointment only (email: historyofmedicine@bodleian.ox.ac.uk)
Bank holiday opening hours
The History of Medicine Library will be closed on Monday 5 May and Monday 26 May.
Contact us
historyofmedicine@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 277262 (before 1pm – History Faculty Library)
+44 (0)1865 274604 (after 2pm)
About the library
The History of Medicine Library is a specialist reference library in the Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology (OCHSMT). It primarily supports the needs of the University's postgraduate students and researchers in the history of medicine. Until October 2019 it was called the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine Library.
Find us
History of Medicine Library
Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology
45 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 6PE
Move to the Bodleian Humanities Library
This library will close at 5pm on Friday 4 July 2025 as it prepares to move to the Bodleian Humanities Library in the Schwarzman Centre.
Find out more about the new library and the move.
