The Michigan Library and Historical Center is located at

702 W. Kalamazoo Street
Lansing MI 48915
(517) 373-3559
TDD (517) 373-1592
Group tour information

Admission is free. The building is accessible to those with mobility impairments.

How to Find the Michigan Library and Historical Center
(42º 43' 24N Latitude, 084º 35' 15W Longitude)

The Michigan Library and Historical Center visitor parking is on the north side of Kalamazoo Street, two blocks east of M. L. King Jr. Boulevard.

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Parking

Visitor parking is located south of the building with a 75-cent hourly fee on weekdays. Weekend parking is free. Visitors should approach on Kalamazoo Street and turn north onto the circle drive to enter the visitor parking lot (area shown in light yellow). The area indicated in gray on the map is Michigan Library and Historical Center employee parking.

Additional public parking is available north of the building across Allegan Street (east of the Hall of Justice and Vietnam Memorial). However, the north entrance of the Michigan Library and Historical Center building is not accessible to those with mobility impairments.

Tips on using the automated parking system:

• To enter the lot, press the GREEN button at the entry gate; take an entry ticket. Take the ticket with you when you leave your car.
• When you return to the lot after your visit and BEFORE you go to your car, go to the Pay Station booth at the corner of the lot nearest the building entrance. Insert your ticket in the slot, follow directions on the screen and pay your parking fee. The machine will dispense a validated ticket. Take the validated ticket with you to your car. (Tickets can also be paid at the Information Desk.)
• Drive to the exit gate on the west side of the lot (Butler Street). Insert your validated ticket into the slot in the exit machine; the gate arm will open to permit you to exit.

(School bus drivers: When you arrive, pull forward close to the entrance gate. A camera in the gate will see you and the gate will open. If there is a problem, please press the button on the gate for assistance. When exiting the lot, please follow the same procedure as when entering. The exit gate is located across the lot from the entrance gate.)

Updated 07/07/2008

Michigan Library and Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries
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