Philbrick Hall

1901 Vine Street, Room 103
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Closed Today
Sunday, 6/29 Closed
Monday, 6/30 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 7/1 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 7/2 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, 7/3 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday, 7/4 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closed *
Saturday, 7/5 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • * Friday had hour changes – Independence Day
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., Jul. 4 : Closed Independence Day
  • Mon., Sep. 1 : Closed Labor Day
  • Mon., Oct. 13 : Closed Indigenous Peoples' Day
  • Tue., Nov. 11 : Closed Veterans Day
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Upcoming Events

Short Story Book Club

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

Room 131/132 in the Heim Center The Short Story Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss collections of short stories. June’s book will be Men Without Women  by   Haruki Murakam i.

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Film Club: Do The Right Thing

Mon, July 21, 2025 3:00 P.M.

Room 108 Join Philbrick Hall's Film Club for a special presentation of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing .  On a sweltering day in Brooklyn, simmering racial tensions between residents rise to the surface and ignite rage, violence and tragedy.      

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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.