Westminster Music Library

View opening times, contact details, services available and disabled access.

Opening times

Changes to holiday opening hours

Tuesday 24 December 2024 - All libraries close at 1pm
Christmas Day, Wednesday 25 December 2024 - All libraries closed
Boxing Day, Thursday 26 December 2024 - All libraries closed
Tuesday 31 December 2024 - All libraries close at 5pm
New Year's Day, Wednesday 1 January 2025 - All libraries closed

Day	Hours
Monday to Friday	10am to 6pm
Saturday	1pm to 5pm
Sunday	Closed

Venue notes

Westminster Music Library is one of the largest public music libraries in the UK, holding a wide range of sheet music and books about music. The library was founded in 1948 as Central Music Library with the music collections of the critic Edwin Evans, and many of his personal papers are held at Westminster Archives Centre.

After more than 70 years based at Victoria Library, Westminster Music Library has been relocated to Westminster Reference Library. Here it joins Westminster's nationally recognised art and design and performing arts collections in the heart of the West End.

Currently available facilities and services

extensive collection of books and sheet music – browse the catalogue or contact us for enquiries
a range of music periodicals, including current issues and many complete runs
orchestral sets and vocal sets for hire
a range of online resources available 24/7, covering music streaming, eBooks, and research tools
free use of a Yamaha digital piano - contact the library to book
Early Years Music Collection - books and interactive resources for children and educators
digital music workstations with composition and music production software
on demand service (see below for more information)
song index (see below for more details) - all the songs, indexed by title, held in our song albums
press cuttings collection - 44,000 cuttings collected by Edwin Evans from 1920-1940

Coming soon

digital music workstations with composition and music production software
rehearsal space, contact us for more details

Address

St Martin's Street 35
City of Westminster
WC2H 7DE
United Kingdom

Accessibility

There is no step-free access to this library. The music library is on the first floor: from street level, there are three steps to the lobby, then six steps to the ground floor level and a further 30 steps to the first floor. Registered assistance dogs are welcome

Events

We will be hosting a range of events and performances within the library. Sign up to the Libraries Newsletter for updates, and please get in touch if you are interested in performing or speaking at the library.

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Song index

If you're looking for the music to a song, use the song index to view all our song albums. The index draws information from our collection of 75,000 songs so search for titles in 100s of volumes of printed music anthologies.

Enquiries

020 7641 6200 [email protected]

Published: 22 January 2021

Last updated: 14 October 2024