| Street Address: |
160 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9UD Tel: 020 7641 1300 Fax: 020 7641 4281 |
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| Website: | Click here » |
| Type: | Local/Regional government |
| Access policy: | Anyone 16 years old or above can join as an adult as long as they can show proof of their current name and permanent address (ie: likely to live at that address for at least six months). |
| Accessibility: | The entrance to Victoria Library is suitable for wheelchairs, with level access and automatic doors. The ground floor is level: adult fiction, reference, periodicals, some non-fiction, music recordings, videos and the children's library are situated here. No wheelchair access to Westminster Music Library. The first floor is on one level (but is only accessible by steps). There is a staircase (17 steps) with handrails up to the gallery where the majority of the adult non-fiction books are located. Westminster Music Library is located on the first floor of Victoria Library. It is accessible via a staircase (30 steps) with handrail, there is no lift. |
| Opening hours: | Monday: 9.30am to 8.00pm, Tuesday: 9.30am to 7.00pm, Wedensday: 10.00am to 7.00pm, Thursday: 9.30am to 7.00pm, Friday: 9.30am to 7.00pm, Saturday: 9.30am to 5.00pm, Sunday: CLOSED. |
The library contains the following collections (subjects are in brackets)
Music Collection
The largest public music library in the south of the UK, Westminster Music Library holds over 30,000 music scores and performance parts, from plainsong to Stockhausen. We also have a collection of 1,000 vocal sets, 20,000 pieces of sheet music. 1,400 orchestral sets and 17,000 books about music for reference and loan.
The periodicals we hold range from JAMS to Rolling Stone. We have 450 titles in store and 100 are current subscriptions, with back issues for over 400 titles covering many aspects of music. ,
(Music)