Philbrick Hall

1901 Vine Street, Room 103
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Open today until 8:00 p.m.
Sunday Closed
Monday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Upcoming Closures

  • Fri., Apr. 18 : Closed Good Friday
  • Sun., Apr. 20 : Closed Easter
  • Mon., May. 26 : Closed Memorial Day
  • Thu., Jun. 19 : Closed Juneteenth
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Upcoming Events

Short Story Book Club

Mon, April 14, 2025 6:00 P.M.

The Short Story Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month in Philbrick Hall to discuss collections of short stories. April's book will be Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.

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Short Story Book Club

Mon, May 12, 2025 6:00 P.M.

The Short Story Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month in Philbrick Hall to discuss collections of short stories. May's book will be Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges. Ficciones can also be found in Borges’s Collected Fictions .

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Philbrick Hall, located on the first floor, is where you can check out items as well as where adults and teens can join the library or deal with fines and other account issues.


The department's collections include current best sellers, DVDs and audiobooks, and the largest fiction collection in the state of Pennsylvania. There are featured sections for fiction by African-American writers; graphic novels, genre fiction including mystery, horror, romance, fantasy, and science fiction, classic fiction, and LGBTQIA+ literature. We also have a large collection of contemporary memoirs   An extensive video collection spans the silent era through recent box office hits as well as documentary films, instructional videos, opera, and foreign language films.