Some Masonic libraries

United Grand Lodge of England

Library and Museum, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ, England

+44 (20) 7831 9811 — freemasonry.london.museum

  • around 40,000 books
  • Open 9.30 am - 5 pm, Masons and general public

Berkshire Provincial Grand Lodge Library and Museum

Berkshire Masonic Centre, Mole Road, Sindlesham, Berkshire RG41 5DB, England

+44 (1189) 795104 — robin@berkspgl.demon.co.uk

  • around 12,000 books; special collection of research journals, soon available in a database form
  • 9 am - 9 pm, open to all

Institute for Masonic Studies, The Grand Lodge of California

1111 California St, San Francisco, CA 94108-2284, USA

+1 (415) 776 7000 — IMS@freemason.org

  • 10,000 books, hermetic and esoteric sciences; genealogy (non-Masonic)
  • open 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, all may visit, only California Masons may borrow

Bibliothèque du Grand Orient de France

Bibliothèque du Grand Orient de France, 16 rue Cadet, 75 009 Paris, France

Scottish Rite Library

House of the Temple, 1733 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA

+1 (202) 232 3579 — jkleink@capcon.net

  • 193,000 books, Robert Burns, Lincoln Collection
  • open 8 am - 3.30 pm to Masons and general public

Library of the Grand Lodge of Iowa

P.O. Box 279, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406, USA

+1 (319) 365 1438

  • 100,000 books, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Burns, A. E. Waite
  • open 8 am - 5 pm, to Masons and general public

Grand Lodge of Kansas Library

320 SW 8th St, Topeka, KS 66603-3912, USA

+1 (785) 234 5518 — ksafam@juno.com

  • 13,000 books, Masonic information
  • open 8 am - 4.30 pm to Masons and general public

Samuel Crocker Lawrence Library

Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 186 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111, USA

+1 (617) 426 6040, ext. 220/221 — glmasonsma@aol.com

  • 119,000 books; large collection of Masonic works in several languages with particular depth in 18th and 19th century materials. Large collection on anti-Masonry.
  • open 9 am - 5 pm, Masons and general public

Museum of our National Heritage Library

Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, 33 Marrett Rd, Lexington, MA 02173, USA

+1 (781) 861 6559 ext. 127 — www.masonicinfo.com/musnatlh.htm

  • 58,500 books on Freemasonry, American Revolution, Americana, Museum-library studies
  • open 10 am - 4:45 pm, to Masons and non-Masons

Walter Parsons Memorial Library and Museum

902 Jacksonville Rd, Burlington, NJ 08016, USA

+1 (609) 239 3950

  • 27,150 books
  • open 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, to Masons and general public

Chancellor Livingstone Masonic Library

Grand Lodge of New York, 71 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010-4171, USA

+1 (212) 337 6620 — Livmalib@pipeline.com

  • 64,500 books on Freemasonry, Esoteric Philosophy, State History
  • open Mon-Wed-Fri 9 am - 4:30 pm, Tue 12 - 8 pm, Masons and general public

Masonic Library and Museum

Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2520, USA

+1 (215) 988 1932 — www.pagrandlodge.org

  • 70,000 books on Freemasonry, Religion and anti-Masonry
  • open 9 am - 5 pm

George Washington Masonic National Memorial Library

101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria, VA 22301, USA

+1 (703) 729 3295 — mlc@crosslink.net

  • 20,000 books; Early Freemasonry, Preston, Webb, Cross, Early French Masonic books, US Civil War, George Washington, US History, Comparative Religion, Allen Roberts’ books
  • open Sat and Sun 9 am - 5 pm to Masons and general public

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