Library and Archives

Library hours, directions, and contact information. Please note that the Juilliard Library's materials circulate only to current Juilliard School students and faculty members. Outside users may make appointments to view materials that are unique to Juilliard's collection.

The Juilliard School Archives is open to scholars and researchers on an appointment basis. Find out more about this extraordinary collection and how to access its holdings. 

Learn more about JUILCAT, Juilliard's Library catalog site which includes the JUILCAT PLUS database portal, which serves as a research gateway for members of the Juilliard community; allowing access to numerous subscription-based online research tools.

View our digitized collection of 141 priceless autograph manuscripts, sketches, engravers' proofs, and first editions, including the late engraver’s proof of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, with hundreds of markings and annotations by the composer; the original manuscript of Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge in his arrangement for piano, 4 hands; and the last scene of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.

The Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections includes numerous rare printed editions, manuscripts, manuscript facsimiles, and archival collections. Among its highlights are the Igor and Soulima Stravinsky Collection, Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Collection, and Eugène Ysaÿe Collection.

Jmedia is The Juilliard School's digital repository for recordings of past performances presented by Juilliard students and faculty. Full recordings are available to members of the Juilliard community (login and password required); members of the public may view performance metadata and programs. 

As a Friend of the Library, you support this extraordinary resource and enrich the education of aspiring, young performers. Your tax-deductible contribution, which many corporations will match, will help The Juilliard School remain at the forefront of performing arts education.