Radcliffe Camera
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The Lower Camera and Gladstone Link are open. The Upper Camera is temporarily closed to all readers.
Opening hours
Upper Camera & Lower Camera
Monday – Friday: 9.30am – 7pm
Saturday: 10am – 4pm
Gladstone Link
The Gladstone Link closes 30 minutes before library closing. Last entry 45 minutes before library closing.
Current collection access
- Book a time slot on Space Finder (SSO required)
- Scan and Deliver
- Browse and Borrow (History Faculty lending collection. Book via Space Finder)
Click and Collect is available for vulnerable or self-isolating readers only. Please email library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further details.
About the library
The Radcliffe Camera is an iconic Oxford landmark and a working library, part of the central Bodleian Library complex. It is linked to the Old Bodleian Library by the underground Gladstone Link.
The Radcliffe Camera is home to the History Faculty Library (HFL).
Find us
Radcliffe Camera
Radcliffe Square
Oxford
OX1 3BG
General enquiries
radcam-enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 277204
History Faculty Library
library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 277262
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