Holidays and Closings
Holidays and Closings
All Library locations will be closed on the following dates:
Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022 | New Year's Day |
Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022 | New Year's Day (Observed) |
Saturday, Apr. 16, 2022 | Emancipation Day |
Sunday, Apr. 17, 2022 | Emancipation Day (Observed) |
Monday, May 30, 2022 | Memorial Day |
Sunday, June 19, 2022 | Juneteenth |
Monday, June 20, 2022 | Juneteenth (Observed) |
Monday, July 4, 2022 | Independence Day |
Monday, Sept. 5, 2022 | Labor Day |
Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022 | Thanksgiving Day |
Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022 | Christmas Day (Observed) |
Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022 | Christmas Day |
Monday, Dec. 26, 2022 | Christmas Day (Observed) |
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022 | New Year's Day (Observed) |
Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 | New Year's Day |
Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 | New Year's Day (Observed) |
Library hours will be reduced on the following dates:
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Thanksgiving Day (Observed) |
A Library location will be open in each ward on the following dates:
Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 | Presidents Day |
Friday, Apr. 15, 2022 | Emancipation Day (Observed) |
Monday, Oct. 10, 2022 | Indigenous Peoples Day |
Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 | Veterans Day |
- Ward 1 – Mt. Pleasant
- Ward 2 – MLK Library*
- Ward 3 – Tenley-Friendship
- Ward 4 – Petworth
- Ward 5 – Woodridge
- Ward 6 – Southwest
- Ward 7 – Benning (Dorothy I. Height)
- Ward 8 – Anacostia
*Specialty departments like the Adult Learning Department, Center for Accessibility, the Labs at DC Public Library and The People's Archive are not open on holidays.