Museum Gallery Hours

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.

***Holiday Hours
The museum is open Tuesday–Sunday, 1–5 pm, with the following holiday closures:

Christmas

• Closed: Tuesday, December 24 (President’s Day Observed), Wednesday, December 25 (Christmas Day), and Thursday, December 26.
• Open: Friday, December 27–Sunday, December 29

New Year’s

• Open: Tuesday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve)
• Closed: Wednesday, January 1, 2025 (New Year’s Day)

We will reopen on Thursday, January 2, and resume our regular hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 1–5 pm. ***

Monday: Closed
Tuesday–Sunday: 1-5pm

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

Please note that the reading room will be open by appointment, during winter break, December 13-December 23, 2024.  The reading room will be CLOSED December 24, 2024-January 3, 2025.

On January 6, 2025, we will resume our regular hours: Monday-Friday, 9:30 am-4:30 pm.

*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.

Museum, Library and Office Closings

Martin Luther King Day:  January 15, 2024

Planned Exhibition Installation, Museum Galleries CLOSED: May 6–21, 2024

Memorial Day:  May 27, 2024

Juneteenth: June 19, 2024

Independence Day:   July 4, 2024

Labor Day: September 2, 2024

Veteran’s Day: November 11, 2024

Planned Exhibition Installation, Museum Galleries CLOSED: November 4—November 19, 2024

Thanksgiving: November 28, 29, & 30, 2024

Christmas Holiday, Museum Galleries CLOSED: December 24, 25, 26, 2024

New Year’s Holiday:  January 1, 2025

Easter Sunday, Museum Galleries CLOSED: April 20, 2025

Planned Exhibition Installation, Museum Galleries CLOSED: May 5 through May 20, 2025

Memorial Day, May 26, 2025

Juneteenth: June 19, 2025

Independence Day, July 4, 2025