The Blumenthal Family Library

The Blumenthal Family Library, including the NEC Archives and Special Collections, holds one of the major music collections in the United States, and provides access, instruction and support to enhance NEC’s teaching, learning, and research.

The collection, which holds more than 150,000 volumes of scores, recordings, and books, also includes subscriptions to music journals and electronic databases with a wealth of manuscripts, first editions, personal papers, and performance recordings by NEC’s renowned composers and musicians.

Thanksgiving Hours

Tue. Nov. 26, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Wed. Nov. 27 – Thurs. Nov. 28, closed

Fri. Nov. 29 – Sat. Nov. 30, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sun. Dec. 1, 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Regular hours resume Mon. Dec 2.

Semester Hours

Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Friday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday, 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.

The Blumenthal Family Library

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Classic Catalog

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Discovery Catalog

Search across all NEC collections (physical, electronic, databases, and journals)

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Institutional Repository

Library Guides

Performance Library

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Library Highlights

Check out the Archives’ latest exhibit, A Tapestry of NEC Trailblazers: The Role of the Artist in Society, featuring the stories of trailblazers of the NEC community and how they used their art to inspire conversation and change. Now on display in the Schuller Gallery.

This display is a collaboration between Monique Van Willingh, Director of NEC’s Center for Equity and Belonging, and Maryalice Perrin-Mohr, NEC Archivist. Special thanks to Jon Kenney and Andrew Boucek from Collegiate Press and NEC student Andre Bruni.
Check out our latest LibGuides for BIPOC Classical Research and Repertoire, Women and LGBTQ Classical Music and Musicians, Using Libraries Beyond NEC, and Citing Your Sources, created by our Research and Instruction Librarian, Patrick Quinn.

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Library Information and Contact

255 St. Botolph Street, 2nd and 3rd Floors
NEC Student Life and Performance Center (SLPC)

Any written correspondence should be directed to NEC’s main address at 290 Huntington Ave.

Library Borrowing

(617) 585-1250 | library@necmusic.edu

Library Research

(617) 585-1156 | library@necmusic.edu

Acquisitions

acquisitions@necmusic.edu | Request a purchase

Heather Woods, Chief Information Officer

(617) 585-1239 | heather.woods@necmusic.edu

Richard Vallone, Library Director

(617) 585-1251 | richard.vallone@necmusic.edu

Jason Coleman, Digital Services Manager

(617) 585-1730 | jason.coleman@necmusic.edu