Museum Gallery Hours

Monday: Closed
*Tuesday–Sunday: 1-5pm

*Upcoming Closures
Museum CLOSED: May 5 through May 20, 2025  for Planned Exhibition Installation
Museum CLOSED: November 17, 2025 through May 2026 for Planned Facilities Project (dates subject to change)

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum exhibition galleries are open to the public and admission is FREE. Walk-in visitors are welcome. For groups larger than 10 people, please call 614-292-0538 or email cartoons.osu.edu at least one week in advance to plan your visit.

• Please note that you will be asked to place coats, backpacks, large purses and bags, and umbrellas in designated areas at the entrance to the galleries or in lockers provided in the gallery or on the main floor. Non-flash photography in the galleries is permitted.

Library Reading Room Hours

Monday – Friday*:
Open: 9:30 am–4:30 pm
Closed: Saturday-Sunday

*CLOSED: May 5 through May 30, 2025  for Planned Facilities Project (dates subject to change)
*Open by appointment during semester breaks.
*Additional closures and limited hours can be found HERE.

Please contact us for research and reproduction services by emailing us at cartoons@osu.edu or calling 614-292-0538.

Please note that we are a special collections library so our stacks are not open for browsing. Items from our stacks must be requested. See Visiting the Library Reading Room for additional information and online forms to request items before your visit.

BICLM Administrative Offices

*Monday-Friday: Open by appointment. Call 614-292-0538 to schedule.

*CLOSED: July 16 through August 8, 2025  for Planned Facilities Project (dates subject to change)

Museum, Library and Office Closings

Martin Luther King Day:  January 20, 2025

Easter Sunday, Museum Galleries CLOSED: April 20, 2025

Planned Exhibition Installation, Museum Galleries CLOSED: May 5 through May 23, 2025

Planned Facilities Project, Lucy Shelton Caswell Reading Room CLOSED: May 5 through May 30, 2025

Memorial Day, May 26, 2025

Juneteenth: June 19, 2025

Independence Day, July 4, 2025

Planned Facilities Project, Administrative Offices CLOSED: July 16 through August 8, 2025

Labor Day: September 1, 2025

Veteran’s Day: November 11, 2025

Planned Facilities Project, Museum Galleries CLOSED: November 17, 2025 – May 2026

Thanksgiving: November 26-30, 2025

Christmas Holiday, December 24-28, 2025

New Year’s Holiday:  January 1, 2026