Maps and Directions

Getting here

Street Address

Wright Library, 25 Library Place, Princeton, NJ 08540

Tip: Use for visiting the Library yourself and for package delivery (UPS, FedEx, etc.)

Mailing Address

Princeton Theological Seminary
Wright Library
P.O. Box 821
Princeton, NJ 08542 USA

Tip: Use for sending mail via US Postal Service

Email

library@ptsem.edu

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Princeton is an academic, research, business, and residential community located midway between New York and Philadelphia. Residents and students have access to libraries, museums, churches, theaters, concerts, athletic events and public lectures in the immediate vicinity.

Location & Directions

Parking

We welcome visitors to park in one of the 10 identified visitor spaces near the Center of Theological Inquiry in the Library Lot without a special permit.

If those spaces are occupied, you may park along Mercer Street, Library Place, or Stockton Street.

Location & Directions (including maps)

The Library Lot is monitored. Vehicles parked in non-visitor spaces within the Library Lot without valid, current Princeton Seminary parking permits (or temporary permits issued for specific events) are subject to ticketing.

For general parking information, see the “Visitor Parking” section of the Parking Questions page.

Wright Library Building Directory

Study tables, soft seating options and restrooms are available on each floor.

A water bottle refilling station is located near the main entrance.

Follow the link below to view the full building directory; some locations and information about tours are also listed below.

Building Directory (PDF)

Tours

Self-Guided Tour

Staff-guided library tours of Wright Library are available by request.

Request a guided tour

Locations

Visit the Circulation Desk on the first floor to check out and return library materials, including course reserves.

Access and Circulation Services

Visit the Reference Desk on the first floor across from the Circulation Desk for reference and research assistance.

Reference Services

Study spaces in Wright Library include places for both quiet and collaborative study. Current Princeton Seminary students may reserve a study room.

Study Spaces

Four stand-up computers and one accessible workstation – all designed for short-term use – are located around the columns in the Concourse area on the First Floor.

Shared computers for Princeton Seminary students, faculty and staff are available on the Third Floor, Second Floor and Lower Level.

Computers

Library of Congress Call Number System

Reference B–BR, First Floor balcony
Reference BS–Z, Lower Level
Reference 2, A–Z, Lower Level
A–BS, Third Floor
BT–BX, Second Floor
C–Z, Lower Level
Current issues of selected print journals, Periodicals Reading Room, First Floor (shelved by title)
Periodicals (Journals), Lower Level (shelved by call number)
Alumni Room, Second Floor
Braille Collection, Second Floor
Folios, Lower Level
Media, Second Floor
Microforms, Second Floor
New Books (a selection of recent publications), First Floor
Reigner Collection, Second Floor

Wright Library Building Directory (PDF)

Collections

Meeting Rooms

Alumni Room (Second Floor)
Daniel J Theron Assembly Room (First Floor)
Meeting Room (Rm 1010) (First Floor)
Seminar Rooms (Rm 0060, 1060, 2060, 3060) (all floors)
Johnson Seminar Room (0060) (Lower Level)
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Seminar Room (1060) (First Floor)
James A. Unruh Family Seminar Room (2060) (Second Floor)
Theodore Sedgwick Wright Room (Lower Level)
Tower Room (Second Floor)

Offices

Reading Spaces

Center for Barth Studies (Third Floor)
Concourse (First Floor)
Iain R Torrance Atrium (Lower Level)
Korean Missions Room (Second Floor)
Lobby (First Floor)
North Gallery (Second Floor)
Periodicals Readings Room (First Floor)
Reference Reading Room (First Floor and Lower Level)
South Gallery (Second Floor)
Tree House (Second Floor and Third Floor)
Women in Ministry Room (Third Floor)

Scholars

Emeriti Faculty & Visiting Scholars (First, Second and Third Floors)
Faculty Room (Third Floor)
Frykberg PhD Suite (Third Floor)
Heritage Room (First Floor)