Visit the Libraries

Destination: UMD Libraries. Boarding is now open for your tour of the libraries. Visit all six campus libraries, collect passport stamps, and at the end of your trip, pick up a Testudo enamel pin souvenir to remember your travels.

Your Itinerary

Pick up a passport from a services desk at any of our libraries or print your own from wherever you are.
Visit each library and collect a stamp at each desk.
Before you head off for Fall Break, show your completed passport to the travel agents at the McKeldin Library Service Desk to pick up your pin.

Download a passport now

Trip Dates

August 29 - October 12

Tour Highlights

Explore our great spaces for study and collaboration, meet our librarians here just for you, and discover specialized equipment and technology to help you succeed. As you jet off, remember UMD Libraries are your libraries.

Illustrated map of campus with list of Libraries and their locations on the map.

Drawing of inside of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

1. Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library (MSPAL) connects people to collections that inspire and enable research and creativity in the fields of music, theatre, and dance.

Drawing of the interior of the STEM Library.

2. STEM Library

This library welcomes all students and provides resources and research support for engineering, computer, mathematical, and natural science disciplines.

Drawing of the exterior of Hornbake Library.

3. Hornbake Library

Home to our Special Collections and University Archives, which provide access to material on the history of the university, the state of Maryland, literature and rare books, labor and unions, mass media, and post-war Japan.

Drawing of the exterior of McKeldin Library.

4. McKeldin Library

This library offers a wide variety of services, spaces, and collections to support research, teaching, and learning across disciplines.

Drawing of the inside of the Art Library.

5. Art Library

The Art Library focuses on providing access to a wide variety of art-related resources in art history, archaeology, decorative arts, and studio arts, including photography and graphic design.

Drawing of the interior of the Architecture Library.

6. Architecture Library

The Architecture Library is open to all but its collections focus on architecture, historic preservation, real estate development, and urban and community planning.

Continue your library journey

Your passport may be full, but don't unpack just yet. There's more to explore!

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