Hours of Operation:
Special Holiday Hours
11/29 (Thanksgiving): CLOSED
12/21: 9AM–11PM
12/22: 9AM–11PM
12/23: 9AM–11PM
12/24 (Christmas Eve): 9AM–7PM
12/25 (Christmas): CLOSED
12/31 (New Year's Eve): 9AM–7PM
1/1 (New Year's Day): noon–10PM
Regular Store Hours
Monday–Saturday: 9AM–10PM
Sundays: 10AM–9PM
Used Book Buying Hours
Tuesday–Saturday 10AM–4PM (See below for notes on reduced buyback schedule)
The week of Thanksgiving (November 24 - 30th) the Used Department will only be doing buybacks on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday (10am - 4pm).
The week of Christmas (December 22 - 28th) the Used Department will only be doing buybacks on Friday and Saturday (10am - 4pm).
The week of New Years (December 29 - January 4th) the Used Department will only be doing buybacks on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (10am - 4pm).
The week of January 5 - 11th, we will return to our normal buying hours of Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm.
Learn more about our used department here.
Directions
Public Transportation
On the subway (the "T"), take the Red Line to the Harvard stop, or take one of the buses that come to the Square. For more information about public transportation and schedules, visit the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) website at www.mbta.com
To get to the store from the Harvard Square T station: As you exit the station, reverse your direction and walk east along Mass. Ave. in front of the Cambridge Savings Bank. Cross Dunster Street and proceed along Mass. Ave. for three more blocks. You will pass Harvard's Smith Student Center, J.P. Licks, and Leavitt & Peirce Tobacco. Harvard Book Store is located at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Plympton St.
By Car
From the Massachusetts Turnpike (east and westbound): Take Exit 18 (Allston, Cambridge): Go through toll booth, bear right towards Cambridge, then get into far left lane at set of traffic lights. At second traffic light (before the bridge across from the Doubletree Guest Suite Hotel) turn left onto Storrow Drive; continue straight on Storrow Drive to the Harvard Square exit. Cross over Lars Anderson Bridge. Go straight on JFK Street into Harvard Square.
Parking
Street parking is sometimes available in Harvard Square. One and two hour meters require payment Monday through Saturday between 8am and 8pm. Parking is free all night and on Sundays and holidays.
Find a map of paid Harvard Square parking lots and garages at www.harvardsquare.com/parking.