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The Lila Acheson Wallace Library is a comprehensive resource for the School's performance and research needs. The collection includes more than 70,000 music performance and study scores, including scholarly editions of composers' collected works and other historical editions; 22,000 books on music, dance, drama, and general academic subjects; 25,000 sound recordings (LPs, compact discs, reel-to-reel, cassette, and DAT tapes), and 2,000 videos.

Juilliard's library is the proud home the Juilliard Manuscript Collection — one of the world's greatest collections of autograph manuscripts, composer sketches, engraver proofs, and first editions. (View a list of the collection's holdings.) Complementing this extraordinary resource is the Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections, which includes numerous rare printed editions, manuscripts, manuscript facsimiles, and archival collections.

Hours during the school year are:
Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, 2 to 7 p.m.

Materials circulate only to current Juilliard School students and faculty members. Outside users may make appointments to view materials during business hours (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) that are unique to Juilliard's collection. For further information please contact: