Reading room

***Please note that the Goethe-Institut Chicago is closed to the public until further notice***

The Goethe-Institut Chicago has a small reference library. Feel free to stop by during our regular office hours from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Monday through Friday. However, since this room is also used for other functions, please call ahead to make sure that the room is available. 


Library Services in the United States are available through our lending library at the

Goethe-Institut New York 
Tel.: +1 877 GOETHE1 / + 1 877 463 8431 (Toll free, only in the United States) 
Tel. +1 212 439 8688
or send an email to:
library-newyork@goethe.de
Library Services at the Goethe-Institut New York