Planning Your Visit to Special Collections

Before You Visit

Special Collections is open to researchers using its materials subject to the policies linked below.  The Special Collections reading rooms are not available for independent study, group study, or meetings. 

One of our major goals is to acquire, preserve, and make available to researchers historical materials of enduring value reflecting the history of Texas, Mexico, the U.S. - Mexico War, The University of Texas at Arlington, and the cartography of the Greater Southwest. Many items housed in Special Collections are rare and irreplaceable. The links below describe some of our policies, which are designed to protect the materials while they are being used. Thank you for taking the time to read them before using our collections.

Operating Hours

Special Collections is open for research from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Tuesdays thru Saturdays.

No appointment is required, but contacting ahead of time is encouraged, as some collections are stored off-site and require at least 48 business hours to retrieve. Please contact spcoref@uta.edu or call 817-272-3393.

Parking

The most convenient parking for visitors is in the Maverick Parking Garage. For more information, please see UTA Visitor Parking